80,000 First Nations, Inuit and Métis still in need of testing and vaccinations.
TOTAL POPULATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN TORONTO to still get VACCINATED
VUNERABLE CANADIAN INDIGENOUS COMMUNTIES TAKE A HIT FROM GLOBAL PANDEMIC
The COVID-19 case fatality rate among First Nations people living on a reserve is about 52% of the case fatality rate in the general Canadian population.
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) has 25,923 confirmed Indigenous COVID-19 cases, with 1,160 hospitalizations.
As of March 2021, the rate of reported cases of COVID-19 in First Nations people living on a reserve is currently 187 per cent higher than the rate for the general Canadian population.
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN CANADA AFFECTED BY COVID-19