Your weekly COVID-19 update

Every Tuesday, the Maclean's daily newsletter will catch you up on what you need to know about Canada's fight against the coronavirus. This week, Patricia Treble focuses on one story worth watching, and you can get a sneak peek here. You'll also get the same mix of Maclean's stories you expect every day if you scroll down below.

Canada is fully immunizing its population at a blistering speed. On June 1, less than six per cent of the country was fully immunized. Now, more than 42 per cent of the country has two doses of COVID-19 vaccine, including 49 per cent of eligible Canadians, 12 and older, and 53.3 per cent of adult Canadians. Canada is now closing in on the United States (47.6 percent), Britain (51 per cent) though Israel (60 per cent) is further aheaf Canada keeps to its current pace, then it should tie with the United States in just five days, according to modellingby Trevor Tombe, an economics professor at the University of Calgary, who is tracking Canada’s vaccine progress. Though the United States started its large-scale vaccination efforts much earlier than Canada, its program has all but stalled in recent weeks. Right now, Tombe calculates that it is fully vaccinating just 0.1 per cent of its population daily, on a seven-day average. In contrast, Canada’s pace is 1.15 per cent per day, more than 10 times the rate of its southern neighbour.

Manitoba is the top province in Canada for fully vaccinating, with 49 per cent of its population having received two shots. Though well behind Vermont—the U.S. state leader at 67 per cent—Manitoba is ahead of more than half of the 50 states, including Texas (42 per cent), Florida (47 per cent) and next door North Dakota (39 per cent).

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