In this 3D visualization, each particle represents a COVID-19 case in Canada. It includes active cases, recovered cases and deaths.
As of June 7 at 3:30 p.m., 95,699 Canadians have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, but only 35 per cent are still considered sick. Fifty-seven per cent have recovered and eight per cent have died.
With 7,848 deaths, COVID-19 is on track to be the sixth-highest cause of death this year in Canada. In five months, the disease killed as many as the flu, pneumonia and bronchitis do combined in an average year.
The elderly and those with pre-existing conditions are most at risk of dying from COVID-19. The deaths are grouped by age here: 80 and older, 60 to 79, 40 to 59 and 39 and younger.
Those who are 80 and older account for 72 per cent of deaths in Canada. But only 18 per cent of cases are in this age group.
More-often hospitalized, those who are 60 to 79 represent 25 per cent of deaths. The number of infected in this age group is similar to those 80 and over, accounting for 18 per cent of