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Rising number of people hospitalized due to COVID-19 concerns Dr. Tam

BY , Oct 22, 2020 5:35 PM - REPORT AN ERROR

Canada's Chief Public Health Officer doctor Theresa Tam responds to a question during a news conference Tuesday October 20, 2020 in Ottawa. Canada's chief public health doctor says in the age of social media, fake news about the COVID-19 pandemic has been spreading faster than the virus itself. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam is concerned that the number of people hospitalized due to COVID-19 keeps rising as flu season approaches.

Two-hundred of the nearly one-thousand Canadians being treated in hospitals are in intensive care and Tam expects those numbers to keep rising.

Quebec reported one-thousand and 33 new cases today while Ontario reported 841.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has tested negative for COVID-19, but is isolating at home because he attended events with his municipal affairs minister, who has tested positive

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