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Canada Could See Over 20K Daily COVID-19 Cases In December If We Don't Make Changes

This could be even worse if we come into contact with more people every day.
Daily COVID-19 Cases In Canada Could Be More Than 20K In December If We Don't Make Changes
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It's possible that daily COVID-19 cases in Canada could actually reach more than 20,000 if we don't make changes to how we act right now.

On November 20, the Public Health Agency of Canada released new data and modelling for the country and it's not looking good.

If we keep going with the current number of people we come into contact with each day, COVID-19 cases will continue to rise and that could mean over 20,000 daily cases by the end of December.

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20,000 possible daily COVID-19 cases in December in Canada

If we increase the current number of people we come in contact with every day, that number could get even worse.

In a worst-case scenario, COVID-19 would resurge faster and stronger across the country and lead to 60,000 daily cases by the end of December.

There is still the opportunity to get this under control though.

That could happen if we reduce the current number of people we're in contact with each day and only do essential things.

Canada could keep daily case counts below 5,000 at the end of the year in that scenario, top health authorites say. 

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  • Lisa Belmonte

    Senior Writer

    Lisa Belmonte (she/her) is a Senior Writer with Narcity Media. After graduating with a Bachelor of Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), she joined the Narcity team. Lisa covers news and notices from across the country from a Canada-wide perspective. Her early coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic earned Narcity its first-ever national journalism award nomination.

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