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06.04.2021 / 18:45

Manitoba to budget $1.2 billion to fight COVID-19 in 2021

Manitoba budget will include $50M to tackle pandemic-related surgery backlog: premier The full provincial budget will come down Wednesday.Most of the funding will go to the health care system, the vaccine program, education support and PPE, said Fielding, with $300 million set aside for contingency plans.Estimated amounts this fiscal year include:So far, Manitoba has spent or committed $3.2 billion to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, said Fielding.During the press conference, instead of donning a new pair of shoes, as is tradition for finance ministers, Fielding presented a pair of shoes to Chaturika Mesgun, who works at Cadham Provincial Laboratory.

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Can I get a COVID-19 vaccine yet in Manitoba? How to book it and where to go

province’s Vaccine Queue Calculator.The province aims to have everyone who wants a vaccine inoculated by the end of September, however, that date will change based on vaccine supply.

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$18M visitation shelters for Manitoba personal care homes dealing with setbacks

personal care homes in the province would be outfitted with all-season outdoor shelters, some are still waiting while others face continued challenges.The province commissioned the shelters in June to help residents safely visit their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Coronavirus: 27 more tickets handed out in Manitoba for public health scofflaws

Manitoba doles out 55 coronavirus enforcement tickets over week surrounding New Year’s Those businesses include Prairie Foods in Plum Coulee, and two tickets to The Church of God (Restoration) outside of Steinbach.Both those organizations have received tickets before.“Although the province has made moderate changes to public health orders, they remain in effect and must be followed to reduce the spread of COVID-19,” said the province in a release.“Manitobans are reminded to stick to the fundamentals of physical distancing, hand washing and wearing a mask.”Since April, 2,987 warnings and 965 tickets have been issued, said the province.The province has collected more than $1.3 million in fines.

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Some Manitoba restaurants open dining rooms despite COVID-19 capacity limit

loosened COVID-19 public health orders that will be in place for the next three weeks.Inside those restaurants that chose to open, however, patrons told Global News they were glad to be back.“It’s great! It’s nice to see other people too,” said Betty Cimarno, who ate lunch at the King’s Head Pub with her husband Steve.“I think you have to be a little concerned about it but at the same time you have to live your life,” Steve said. Proposed changes to restrictions garnering mixed reaction from Manitoba business owners As many happy lunch-goers told Global News, the new public health orders are an adjustment to customers as well as restaurants.“It’s great but as you can see, I’m sitting alone.

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Roussin to update province on Manitoba’s latest COVID-19 numbers Friday

Coronavirus: Restaurants, gyms open under loosened health orders, UK variant in Manitoba The updated public health orders will be in place for three weeks and include:However, numerous restaurants say they will not open, saying the restrictions don’t allow them to open without losing money.

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Manitoba churches question Dr. Roussin’s pandemic powers in court hearing

However, the group said there aren’t enough checks and balances in place seeing given the far-reaching impact it has on people.“Everybody in the province gets locked in their house, children can’t go to school, people can’t visit their dying relatives, families can’t go to long-term care, people can’t go to church or have bible studies, people are killing themselves because their jobs are destroyed,” Cameron said.“There should be some mechanism for the court to say ‘You got it wrong this time.

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Manitoba hands out 39 more tickets to those violating public health orders

COVID-19 health order violations were handed out last week.They include:Of the 31 individual tickets handed out between Feb. 1 and Feb.

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Manitoba premier enacts 2-week isolation orders for travel in Canada, calls on feds to close borders

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“Anyone returning to Manitoba, including western Canada, must self-isolate for 14 days,” he said.Travelers returning to Manitoba from eastern Canada have previously had to self-isolate for two weeks, but western Canada was exempt.However, Pallister said with the rise of variants for the COVID-19 virus, some of which appear to be deadlier than the previous strains, it was important to try to keep the variants out of the province.He also called on the federal government to close international borders.More to come.

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Licences of 2 Winnipeg care homes under review by health authorities

COVID-19 outbreaks took a stronghold on the homes.In the midst of a COVID-19 outbreak in October, the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority sent in a five-person team to inspect the Parkview facility.It was the first time health officials had been inside since a March inspection found concerns with cleanliness and infection control, including evidence of cockroaches and filthy washrooms that smelled of urine.

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Health officials to update Manitoba’s Covid-19 numbers as shoppers flock to stores

222 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba, more than half in north Thousands of Manitobans flocked to stores over the weekend after the province lifted restrictions for most businesses Saturday.

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Military help for Garden Hill First Nation coming on Thursday

@CanadianForces will always be there to help those in need. In response to a request for assistance from the Garden Hill community in Manitoba, we will be on the ground to help with #COVID19 response efforts.

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Manitoba records 12 deaths, 208 new cases of COVID-19

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Manitoba’s test positivity rate is 9.9 per cent, and 10.5 per cent in Winnipeg. A total of 25,742 cases have now been identified in the province.New cases include nine in the Interlake, 60 in Northern Health, 17 in both Prairie Mountain and Southern Health regions and 105 in Winnipeg.

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Health officials to give daily COVID-19 update as Manitoba swings into weekend

Province’s first COVID-19 doses will immunize 900 Manitobans: Premier The province’s case numbers have slowly been trending downward since tougher restrictions were imposed on Manitobans in November, but the number is still too high, says Roussin.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]On Thursday, 293 new cases of COVID-19 were identified across the province, and 13 more Manitobans with the virus died.On Wednesday, Premier Brian Pallister said Manitoba is ready to receive its first doses of COVID-19 vaccine as early as next week.

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‘Baffling’: Morden mayor rebuffs La Broquerie reeve’s ‘plandemic’ stance in open letter

Morden mayor tests positive for COVID-19 Burley and his family tested positive for the virus in late November. At the time, Burley told Global News he was too ill for an interview but confirmed his diagnosis and said he was having trouble forming words.“For anyone who says ‘COVID is just a cold’ I can confirm it’s not, in no way whatsoever,” he wrote on his Facebook page.“Tests came back positive in our house, and I feel like I’m dead or dying 23 hours a day.

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‘Ready to go’: Red River Ex’s Winter Wonderland hopes to open Saturday

“I’m smiling broadly today, let me tell you. I’m extremely happy about that announcement,” he said.

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Coronavirus: 20% of Manitobans plan to visit family, friends this holiday season

new poll by the Angus Reid Institute and Cardus says five per cent of Manitobans also plan on heading outside of the province or to their home community for holiday gatherings.

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Decision on Winnipeg church’s fight for drive-in religious services on hold

order, which requires places of worship to be closed to the public.The health order, which is only in place until Dec. 11, allows religious leaders to hold services and livestream them, but doesn’t allow drive-in services.

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Premier Pallister to give COVID-19 enforcement update Tuesday

Steinbach-area church fined $5,000 for not following COVID-19 health ordersGlobal News reporters on the scene heard RCMP officers telling people if they walk into the parking lot toward the Church of God Restoration, which is south of Steinbach, they would be fined.The Church of God Restoration, a chapter of a North American Christian denomination founded in the ‘80s, was slapped with a $5,000 fine after holding a Sunday service last week, which saw “well over” 100 people attend, RCMP said at the time.Global News tried to talk to people associated with the church on Sunday, but they declined comment.The province banned all faith-based gatherings as part of the level red pandemic restrictions put in place on Nov.

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Manitoba’s largest school division holding remote learning test run

COVID-19 cases remaining high in the province, the Winnipeg School Division is making sure it’s ready in case a sudden switch to remote learning is announced.All 79 schools in the division will take part in a practice for code red learning on the morning of Dec. 1.Students will test out logging in on their devices and accessing online platforms and lessons as if they were at home.

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Costco, Hyatt House among those issued $5,000 fines for flouting public health orders

Manitoba RCMP hand out two dozen COVID-19 enforcement fines in one week The province also said Manitoba Conservation officers fined four hunters from Ontario for not self-isolating when they came to Manitoba.The hunters received tickets for $1,296.Three people in the capital region also got $1,296 tickets, two people for failing to keep their gatherings under five people, and one for not wearing a mask.Other places that have received tickets in Manitoba recently:“Videos circulating widely on social media show individuals gathering in groups larger than permitted by current public health orders.

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Homelessness brings extra COVID-19 challenges to an already vulnerable population

More homeless camps popping up in Winnipeg as others get torn down On Wednesday, Shared Health chief nursing officer Lanette Siragusa said a new 140-bed isolation facility was set to open at the end of the week.

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Premier Brian Pallister to update Manitobans on new COVID-19 measures

Record-setting new coronavirus cases reported in Manitoba Monday Meanwhile, thousands of students in the Hanover School Division moved their classrooms back to their dining room tables Tuesday.The division staff spent Monday getting ready to send students home and have them dial in to the class room remotely said Ron Falk, Hanover School Division Board of Trustees chair.“Thankfully we have a fair bit of experience from earlier in the spring.

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Morden mayor tests positive for COVID-19

COVID-19.In a brief social media post on his personal Facebook page, Mayor Brandon Burley says the novel coronavirus has hit his home.“For anyone who says ‘COVID is just a cold’ I can confirm it’s not, in no way whatsoever,” he wrote.“Tests came back positive in our house, and I feel like I’m dead or dying 23 hours a day. Take this serious folks! Dont worry, you wont see us before it’s safe.”Burley told Global News he was too ill for an interview but confirmed his diagnosis and said he was having trouble forming words.Burley was elected mayor of the southern Manitoba city in 2018.

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WRHA asks families to sit at bedsides at Golden Links Lodge as COVID-19 cases rise

Manitoba reports 11 coronavirus deaths, 400 new cases Wednesday The WRHA also made an exemption to allow staff members from other health care sectors to help at the home.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Community intravenous teams were also on-site Thursday evening, the authority said.The personal care home has been dealing with an outbreak of COVID-19 since Nov.

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Premier Brian Pallister to update on retail rules around COVID-19

Further restrictions possible as Manitoba businesses find ways to stay open amid lockdowns The government last week closed restaurants, bars, gyms, non-essential retail stores and other facilities in an attempt to reduce increasing COVID-19 caseloads.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]But under the latest health orders stores that supply items deemed essential — a long list that includes groceries, personal hygiene, prescription drugs, computer equipment, hardware, cleaning supplies, and office supplies — are allowed to remain open at 25 per cent of normal capacity.Big-box stores that offer those essentials can continue to sell non-essential goods as well.The Canadian Federation of Independent

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Two businesses fined $5,000 as Winnipeg steps up COVID-19 enforcement

reported earlier this week, and Serratus Movement Centre, a children’s indoor play centre.Numerous businesses were also ticketed by provincial officers over the past two weeks. Numerous $5,000 tickets issued in Manitoba for not following COVID health orders Winnipeg’s bylaw officers are working well with their provincial counterparts, said Shaw.“Our orders are to enforce businesses that should be closed … and enforce orders where there are capacity limits.

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Coronavirus: Household gathering restrictions weaken as Manitoba enters level Red

Coronavirus: All of Manitoba moving to Level Red Thursday, tough restrictions to be implemented “We know that there are certain things, such as family members providing child care or family members or friends providing service at that home to people. This is not what we are addressing here,” he said.What the province has in mind is limiting social visits to your own household, he explained.“We’re talking about essential purposes only.

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Manitoba sets deadly record with 9 deaths, adds 431 more coronavirus cases

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Manitoba’s test positivity rate was at 10.7 per cent, and 5,334 people got tested Tuesday. Winnipeg’s rate was slightly higher at 10.8 per cent.There are currently 218 people in hospital, with 32 of those in ICU, and 3,509 recovered.The record numbers come as all of Manitoba prepares to go into a deeper lockdown Thursday.Meanwhile, Opaskwayak Cree Nation reported its first death and has put the community in lockdown for two weeks.Premier Brian Pallister said the province is at a critical point in its fight against the virus.“What we’ve seen in this second wave is many more contacts, we’ve lost track of those fundamentals,” said Dr.

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Numerous $5,000 tickets issued in Manitoba for not following COVID health orders

Numerous Manitoba businesses have been fined the maximum $5,000 penalty for not following new public health orders, and three individuals face fines of $1,296. All were fined by provincial health officers or by the Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority of Manitoba.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]As well, the city of Winnipeg issued their first $5,000 fine to a local business, Gymboree Play Centre on Kenaston Boulevard, for not closing when they were supposed to.

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Pallister, Roussin to announce new COVID-19 measures Tuesday

COVID-19 death toll continued to rise as the province reported three more deaths as well as 365 new cases of the virus, and health officials warned more public health restrictions may be coming soon. Revera apologizes after ‘less than accurate’ staffing data given at Maples PCH Manitoba’s chief nursing officer Lanette Siragusa said Monday a health care worker died from COVID-19 as a result of the one of the ongoing hospital outbreaks.

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A list of potential coronavirus exposures in Manitoba for the past two weeks

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Teachers issue open letter claiming Manitoba’s education system faces ‘imminent collapse’

Winnipeg school divisions prepare for increased COVID-19 restrictions amid spike in cases “We have tried our best over the last two months of school reopening, but the shortcomings in our system due to lack of provincial policy and funding has taken its toll on the health and wellbeing of our educators, school leaders, support staff, and students,” reads the letter.“In August, $85.4 million in federal taxpayer money was provided to Manitoba, yet the province has not made it explicitly clear where and how these funds would be dispersed — and staff certainly haven’t seen the impact in our classrooms.”The letter states that teachers are bouncing between two or three schools daily, that principals are doing contact tracing, and that the

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Winnipeg redeploying bylaw officers to focus on COVID-19: Bowman

COVID-19 rules under the direction of the provincial government.Mayor Brian Bowman said Friday that the city is doing several things to help with enforcing the rules.“The city will be pulling bylaw enforcement officers within community services from their regular duties and redeploying them into public health enforcement,” Bowman said.

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Manitoba pharmacists complain of low flu vaccine supply, province says there’s no shortage

flu shot and while the message seems to be working, some pharmacists say they are having trouble getting enough supply.Pharmacist Carey Lai ordered a combined 2,000 doses of the regular vaccine and the high dose vaccine for his two pharmacies and said he is quickly running out.“I’m going to be done all my shots by next week,” Lai said. “We’ll be all out.

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Roussin, Siragusa to give COVID-19 update Wednesday

This story will be continually updated during the press conference.Manitoba health officials will give an update on the novel coronavirus situation on Wednesday.Dr. Brent Roussin and Linette Siragusa will hold a press conference at 12:30 p.m.

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Manitoba considering curfew to help curb coronavirus: Premier Pallister

engagemb.ca, he said. Pallister government under fire for Manitoba’s ‘disastrous’ COVID-19 response The province will announce later this week if they will go ahead with the curfew, added Pallister.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“It’s an idea that’s not new,” he said, pointing to Peguis First Nation, which has also implemented a curfew.Pallister said that while the government has “taken action” to fight the virus, it’s up to Manitobans to help each other as well.“I’m going to ask Manitobans for some help right now,” he said, pointing to Dr.

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3 new outbreaks at personal care homes as Manitoba registers 110 new coronavirus cases

We have more than 100 new recoveries – so it looks like we are working through that backlog. No new deaths to report.32 people in hospital, 6 in the ICUTest positivity rate is 4.3 %— Brittany Greenslade (@BrittAtGlobal) October 20, 2020The three care homes affected include Golden West Centennial Lodge, Misericordia Place, and Middlechurch Home.One of the previously reported coronavirus cases was taken off the list, said the province, so Manitoba’s new total is 3,491.

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Dr. Roussin to update COVID-19 situation after 228 cases, 4 deaths on holiday weekend

Second pop up site opens as COVID numbers continue to rise in Manitoba Manitoba health officials had their hands full over the Thanksgiving weekend, with 97 new cases identified Saturday, 54 on Sunday, and 77 on holiday Monday.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Saturday and Monday each saw two new COVID-19-related deaths, including a man in his 40s — the province’s youngest coronavirus victim to date — as well as the news that a Winnipeg police officer and staff at three Manitoba jails have become infected.To deal with increased demand for COVID-19 tests, Manitoba opened a new drive-thru testing site on Nairn Avenue Tuesday.

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Manitoba registers 84 new cases and 3 more deaths from coronavirus

The new deaths bring Manitoba’s total to 30.There are 933 known active cases and 1,465 people have recovered from COVID-19. There are also 25 people in hospital, and six people in intensive care.

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Coronavirus: Symptomatic patients starting to put pressure on Winnipeg ERs, says Shared Health

COVID-19 are starting to migrate to Winnipeg’s emergency rooms, according to Shared Health.Lanette Siragusa, chief nursing officer for Shared Health, confirmed that numbers are higher in ERs lately, although they were expecting those numbers to rise.“It may be the lineups at the testing site, it may also be that we just have very high volumes right now,” Siragusa told 680CJOB Thursday. Manitoba premier says new testing sites, staff will cut COVID-19 lineups “If people are feeling symptomatic, they would go to a hospital or seek primary care.

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Coronavirus: Manitoba reports 56 new cases, 1 more death, and record number in hospital

There are 781 known active cases and 1,441 people have recovered from COVID-19. There are also 28 people in hospital, a record number, and seven people in intensive care.The latest death is a woman in her 70s from the Prairie Mountain Health area, said the province.

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Manitoba health officials to update COVID-19 situation after two deaths on the weekend

Manitoba records 23rd COVID-19 death, 36 new cases On Saturday, the province said a woman in her 80s, who caught the virus during an outbreak at Parkview Place Care Home, was the 22nd victim.

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Manitoba records 40 new coronavirus cases; Glenlawn Collegiate added to exposure list

Coronavirus: Winnipeg man’s false negative put entire family at risk, says mother A new mobile test site opened Wednesday in Winnipeg.Located at Portage and Wall Street, the site is a partnership between the provincial government, Shared Health, and medical laboratory service Dynacare.The province said Wednesday that the site would open seven days a week from 8 a.m.

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New COVID-19 mobile test site opens in Winnipeg

Mobile unit for COVID-19 testing planned for Winnipeg Wednesday “Dynacare’s actually hiring staff as we speak, … recruiting for those three sites that are opening in October. That’s all new staff, not existing staff,” she said.“For the mobile unit, we actually have the staff already.

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‘Guidance’ on Halloween is coming, say Manitoba health officials

“We’re going to provide specific guidance on that in upcoming weeks,” said Roussin on Monday.“It’s certainly going to look different than what it normally does. We have to limit the amount of contacts.”No matter what happens, people will have to adhere to public health guidelines, and Winnipeg and its surrounding municipalities may still be under a Code Orange come Oct.

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How to say no to invites during COVID-19 — without preaching

it seems many people are craving more mid-pandemic meetings.But for many, saying no can be unnerving or complicated by the fact that everyone has a different level of risk they deem acceptable.Patio visits and group hangouts now leave many balancing the tolerance for risk and the desire to be social, which can make saying no to an invite during COVID-19 feel awkward Patio heaters won’t cut it. What will it take for restaurants to survive winter? “We are all in different places on this risk tolerance,” University of Toronto Scarborough Prof.

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Coronavirus: Manitoba Chief Public Health Officer calls last-minute Friday press conference

Manitoba sees 37 new coronavirus cases Thursday, 19th death officially confirmed Manitoba health officials reported 37 new cases of COVID-19 and officially confirmed the province’s latest death Thursday.Friday’s press conference comes as Winnipeg has seen case counts steadily increase, outbreaks have been declared at several personal care homes, and the number of schools that have reported cases since classes returned Sept.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0