VANCOUVER– Data published previously this month from the Canadian Institute for Health Details shows more than 19 per cent of health-care employees in the country tested positive for the novel coronavirus as of July23 Here are some information of what it found:
— Of the 21,842 health-care workers who evaluated favorable for COVID-19 most were from Quebec followed by Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia.
— The greatest number of health care workers contaminated with COVID-19 remained in Quebec with 14,007
— Ontario had 6,371 workers infected with the virus while Alberta had 876 and British Columbia 258.
— Nova Scotia had 184 health care workers infected; 58 in Saskatchewan; Manitoba 38; New Brunswick 32; Newfoundland and Labrador 16; and Prince Edward Island had two.
— The World Health Company said in July that healthcare employees comprise 10 per cent of international COVID-19 infections.
This report by The Canadian Press was very first released Sept. 19, 2020.
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