Global National: Dec. 6, 2020 | Alberta COVID-19 numbers rise as some push back against restrictions

Tonight's top story: It’s been weeks since Canada’s hardest hit provinces tightened up measures to try and curb the spread of COVID-19, but the virus is still running rampant. The rate of infection over the last seven days across the country shows Alberta is the concern. It’s rate is more than twice as high as Quebec and over three times higher than Ontario. On Sunday, Alberta once again recorded over 1,800 new cases. As Abigail Bimman reports, there are calls for stricter measures, but some Albertans are protesting the ones already in place.

After shattering the record for cases in a single day on Saturday, today Quebec reached another stark statistic. The province surpassed 150,000 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began. That’s the most in Canada. And as Mike Armstrong reports, there are predictions the crisis will just get worse.

For the first time Ontario is reporting more than 1,900 new cases of COVID-19. It’s the second straight day of record breaking numbers. Much of the Greater Toronto area is locked down, but one region is still open and people are heading to malls there to do their Christmas shopping. As Morganne Campbell reports, the medical community fears that may push the case load and stress the health care system even more than it already has.

In the U.S., the White House says the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic are still ahead. A special committee is set to approve a vaccine on Thursday. First responders and residents in long-term care homes are the first priority. The general public could start getting the shots in the spring. As Jennifer Johnson reports, the vaccine can’t come soon enough to stop the latest surge in deaths and hospitalizations.

COVID-19 has caused a big slow down in the global economy. But there’s one sector that has surprised many and come out strong – Canadian real estate. Some analysts say the pandemic is pushing sales. And as Ross Lord reports, the prices are soaring beyond the big cities.

More than 1.5 million people around the world have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began. About half of those have been in North America and Europe. So far, only 53,000 deaths have been recorded in Africa. Researchers are still unsure why the number is so low, but it could be a vast underestimation of the true figure. And as the world starts distributing vaccines, countries across Africa are asking not to be left behind. Redmond Shannon reports.

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