quebec More than 700 deaths since August: the growing toll of Quebec's second wave of COVID-19 Many of those who died within the last month had been living in their own homes, in the community. Pietro Iasenza was in fantastic shape for his age when he celebrated his 89th birthday last June. He had no health problems, lived in his home, still drove and ran all his own errands. "He lived his life to the fullest every day," said his youngest daughter, Angela. "He was so independent. I couldn't even keep up with him." But over the Thanksgiving weekend last month, the Montreal man began to feel ill and develop flu-like symptoms. He tested positive for COVID-19 a few days later. The result came as a huge shock to both Iasenza and his close-knit Italian family. "He thought he was invincible, he didn't think he'd catch it," said Angela. Two weeks later, he was gone. nyc Coronavirus: New York imposes measures in 'last chance' against new wave An average of over 900 people a day are now dying with the disease. More than a million new cases in November pushed the total confirmed cases to over 10 million nationally with 239,732 deaths so far. The US has been seeing more than 100,000 new cases per day over the last 10 days in what experts say may be a worse outbreak than those seen in the spring and summer.

uk Covid: UK first country in Europe to pass 50,000 deaths The UK has become the first country in Europe to pass 50,000 coronavirus deaths, according to the latest government figures. A total of 50,365 people have died within 28 days of a positive Covid test, up 595 in the past 24 hours. The UK is the fifth country to pass 50,000 deaths, coming after the US, Brazil, India and Mexico. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the figures showed, despite hopes for a vaccine, "we are not out of the woods". He said: "Every death is a tragedy," but added: "I do think we have got now to a different phase in the way that we treat it."