⁍ Canada entered a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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⁍ Mexico’s death toll rose to 74,949, according to health ministry data.

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⁍ Brazil recorded 33,281 additional confirmed cases in the past 24 hours.

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– Pandemic Pandemic No. 19 continues to spread across the globe, with the death toll in Mexico now at 74,949 and the number of cases in Brazil at 33,281 as of Wednesday, per Reuters. Meanwhile, Canada has entered a second wave, with the country’s health minister noting four of the country’s provinces have now seen a second wave of cases. “We’re on the brink of a fall that could be much worse than the spring,” said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who noted Canada is “on the brink of a fall that could be much worse than the summer.” In Russia, the number of cases rose to 6,595, the biggest rise in more than two months, reports Reuters. In the Middle East, Iran’s death toll rose to 25,015, the highest in the region, while the United Arab Emirates reported its highest daily number of infections since the start of the pandemic at 1,083 new cases. Meanwhile, Britain’s finance minister will announce more job protection plans on Thursday, likely to include a new wage subsidy scheme, to stem unemployment in the pandemic-ravaged economy after existing safeguards expire next month. (Mexico’s death toll rose to 74,949 on Wednesday, according to health ministry data, while Brazil recorded 33,281 additional cases in the past 24 hours.)