In Canada the number of infected COVID 19 exceeded 45 thousand

The number of people infected with coronavirus in Canada per day increased by 1 466 45 354. This was reported on Saturday, the Ministry of health of the country.

The growth in the number of infections in the country has slowed, on Friday there were 1 778. Most of the infected people identified in Quebec (23 267), Ontario (13 995) and AB (4 233). Test for the presence of coronavirus were 684,2 thousand, 16.4 thousand from the previously sick recovered.

The first case of infection with coronavirus in Canada was recorded on 15 January, to the present time 2 465 infected died. Infections observed in 12 of the 13 canadian regions. Not affected by the virus still remains the only Arctic territory of Nunavut.

On April 9, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated that, according to government forecasts, the peak of the pandemic will occur in late may and the first wave of mass infection will be completed in late summer.

Outbreak caused by a novel coronavirus, the disease was recorded in the end of 2019 in Central China and later spread to most countries. March 11, the world health organization recognized it as an pandemic.