Your daily COVID-19 update “We are making sure that when a working vaccine is ready, Canada will be ready for it.” — Public Services and Procurement Minister Anita Anand, as she revealed Canada has ordered 37 million syringes in preparation for the mass immunization of the nation whenever a COVID-19 vaccine is produced.
The number of Canadians infected with COVID-19 has passed 92,000, while 7,300 people have died. Worldwide, 6.3 million people have been infected and 375,000 have died. It took two weeks, and today, authorities in Wuhan, China completed testing all 9.9 million residents of the city. They discovered around 300 asymptomatic cases. The city, which was sealed off for three months earlier this year, was the epicentre of China’s COVID-19 crisis, accounting for 80 per cent of the country’s cases. In a detailed account of the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak in China, the Associated Press reveals that while World Health Organization officials were praising China in public, they were privately complaining that China wasn’t sharing data about the deadly outbreak. Some researchers say that one reason for the lack of cooperation was that Chinese researchers wanted to publish their studies ahead of anyone else. It’s Super Tuesday primary election day in eight states, and some of those jurisdictions require in-person voting, reports National Public Radio. So, in addition to navigating curfews rules, voters in some U.S. cities also have to consider the risk of catching COVID-19 as they deal with long lines created by a reduction in polling stations due to the pandemic. COVID-19 may be one of the top stories in the world right now, but try telling that to everyone reading about drunk elephants. Researchers were curious to know whether tales of tanked elephants were true or just fun myths. Now, they have some answers, the New York Times reports. Stephen Wamukota, age nine, invented a touchless hand-washing machine that lets users press a foot pedal to tip a container filled with water over their soapy hands, BBC News reports. After his dad shared images of his invention on Facebook, Stephen was awarded a presidential medal, and a promise of a university scholarship. —Patricia Treble As of the latest update, this is the number of confirmed cases in Canada. We're updating this chart every day. 
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