canada Number of COVID-19 deaths in Canada surpasses 20,000 The latest: o Number of COVID-19 deaths now exceeds 20,000 in Canada. o Canadian airlines suspend flights to sun destinations. o Coronavirus variant identified at Waterloo, Ont., care home outbreak. o Que. premier to announce changes to province's restrictions on Tuesday. o Nunavut announces 10 new cases in hard-hit community of Arviat. o U.K. war veteran who raised millions to fight pandemic hospitalized with COVID-19. o Canada's official COVID-19 death toll surpassed 20,000 on Sunday as flights to major sun destinations were grounded in an effort to limit further spread of the virus. The sobering figure emerged after Quebec and Ontario reported 31 and 43 new fatalities, respectively, related to the virus. That tally climbed by four later in the day when Manitoba logged four new associated deaths. Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's chief public health officer, has said the number of new daily cases is trending downward. But she's warned that it's still too soon to lift widespread public health restrictions, saying the virus is still spreading rapidly across parts of the country.

wales The number of people suffering from flu has plunged to levels not seen in more than 130 years One expert has said that flu had been 'almost wiped out'. While coronavirus infection rates remain high, flu has been "almost wiped out" with cases plunging by 95% to levels not seen in more than 130 years. The peak of the season is usually the second week of January, but official data for that time shows that the number of flu-like cases reported to doctors was 1.1 per 100,000 people, compared to a five-year average rate of 27. It is thought the health measures taken to combat Covid-19 like social distancing and hand washing are likely to be the main reason for the dramatic fall in cases. A similar trend was seen in the southern hemisphere last year with very few cases of seasonal flu in Australia, Chile and South Africa there between April and July 2020.