CANADA SEE'S RECORD BREAKING 14,456 NEW COVID19 CASES AMONG OMICRON SPREAD

By Chandrayee Roy Choudhury, Canada: 

Canada added a record 14,456 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday as the federal government revealed expanded aid benefits to help those impacted by the rapid spread of Omicron.





The new infections brings Canada’s total number of COVID-19 cases to 1,922,227. Another 27 deaths linked to COVID-19 were announced Canada-wide as well, pushing the death toll to 30,112.The new daily infections tallied on Wednesday represent the highest ever new infections recorded in a single day so far since the pandemic.

In a press briefing Wednesday, Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said that there were at least 2,360 confirmed cases of the variant identified in the country to date.

Since the variant was first identified in Canada, provinces like Ontario, B.C. and Quebec have re-enacted strict public health restrictions in the last several weeks to curb a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases.