The Ministry of Health announced an additional confirmed 375 cases of COVID-19 infection Saturday The total comes in under Friday’s total of 462 cases, a high. A previous high of 426 cases was reported Wednesday. Total fatalities from the infection have risen to 94, many related to the awful outbreaks in some nursing and care homes. This appears to be a death rate of about 2.5 percent. The COVID-19 death rate is higher, possibly over three percent, in countries where people may be in generally poorer health than those in Canada. North American death rates for the annual influenza are said to be slightly under one percent. Government website with more information.
