The Canadian Press The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Friday, May 28, 2021. There are 1,371,073 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,371,073 confirmed cases (42,104 active, 1,303,558 resolved, 25,411 deaths). *The total case count includes 13 confirmed cases among repatriated travellers. There were 2,969 new cases Thursday. The rate of active cases is 110.78 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 23,634 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 3,376. There were 51 new reported deaths Thursday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 300 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is 43. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.11 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 66.86 per 100,000 people. There have been 34,449,561 tests completed. _ Newfoundland and Labrador: 1,279 confirmed cases (93 active, 1,180 resolved, six deaths). There were six new cases Thursday. The rate of active cases is 17.81 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 63 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is nine. There have been no deaths reported over the past week. The overall death rate is 1.15 per 100,000 people. There have been 266,042 tests completed. _ Prince Edward Island: 200 confirmed cases (10 active, 190 resolved, zero deaths). There were zero new cases Thursday. The rate of active cases is 6.26 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of one new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is zero. There have been no deaths reported over the past week. The overall death rate is zero per 100,000 people. There have been 160,475 tests completed. _ Nova Scotia: 5,457 confirmed cases (638 active, 4,740 resolved, 79 deaths). There were 33 new cases Thursday. The rate of active cases is 65.15 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 392 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 56. There were zero new reported deaths Thursday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of five new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is one. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.07 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 8.07 per 100,000 people. There have been 791,538 tests completed. _ New Brunswick: 2,172 confirmed cases (138 active, 1,991 resolved, 43 deaths). There were nine new cases Thursday. The rate of active cases is 17.66 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 74 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 11. There have been no deaths reported over the past week. The overall death rate is 5.5 per 100,000 people. There have been 337,317 tests completed. _ Quebec: 368,899 confirmed cases (4,977 active, 352,807 resolved, 11,115 deaths). There were 436 new cases Thursday. The rate of active cases is 58.04 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 3,257 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 465. There were 10 new reported deaths Thursday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 49 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is seven. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.08 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 129.63 per 100,000 people. There have been 9,123,035 tests completed. _ Ontario: 527,180 confirmed cases (16,541 active, 501,942 resolved, 8,697 deaths). There were 1,135 new cases Thursday. The rate of active cases is 112.26 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 10,090 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 1,441. There were 19 new reported deaths Thursday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 145 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is 21. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.14 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 59.03 per 100,000 people. There have been 14,914,598 tests completed. _ Manitoba: 49,651 confirmed cases (4,639 active, 43,970 resolved, 1,042 deaths). There were 297 new cases Thursday. The rate of active cases is 336.34 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 2,741 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 392. There were eight new reported deaths Thursday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 23 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is three. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.24 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 75.55 per 100,000 people. There have been 784,142 tests completed. _ Saskatchewan: 46,163 confirmed cases (1,382 active, 44,247 resolved, 534 deaths). There were 162 new cases Thursday. The rate of active cases is 117.25 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 1,035 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 148. There were six new reported deaths Thursday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 12 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is two. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.15 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 45.3 per 100,000 people. There have been 846,714 tests completed. _ Alberta: 225,937 confirmed cases (10,017 active, 213,721 resolved, 2,199 deaths). There were 513 new cases Thursday. The rate of active cases is 226.53 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 3,658 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 523. There was one new reported death Thursday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 37 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is five. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.12 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 49.73 per 100,000 people. There have been 4,480,967 tests completed. _ British Columbia: 143,264 confirmed cases (3,645 active, 137,929 resolved, 1,690 deaths). There were 378 new cases Thursday. The rate of active cases is 70.81 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 2,311 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 330. There were seven new reported deaths Thursday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 29 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is four. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.08 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 32.83 per 100,000 people. There have been 2,697,172 tests completed. _ Yukon: 84 confirmed cases (zero active, 82 resolved, two deaths). There were zero new cases Thursday. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of zero new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is zero. There have been no deaths reported over the past week. The overall death rate is 4.76 per 100,000 people. There have been 9,129 tests completed. _ Northwest Territories: 127 confirmed cases (three active, 124 resolved, zero deaths). There were zero new cases Thursday. The rate of active cases is 6.64 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of one new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is zero. There have been no deaths reported over the past week. The overall death rate is zero per 100,000 people. There have been 23,060 tests completed. _ Nunavut: 647 confirmed cases (21 active, 622 resolved, four deaths). There were zero new cases Thursday. The rate of active cases is 53.36 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 11 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is two. There have been no deaths reported over the past week. The overall death rate is 10.16 per 100,000 people.<doc-sep>Michael Avenatti has entered the fray surrounding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the sexual misconduct and assault allegations against him. He says he has some explosive information — though details of the claims, and who is behind them, are unclear. It all started Sunday evening. Avenatti, an attorney who rose to fame this year for representing porn actress Stormy Daniels in her battle with the White House, tweeted that he was representing a woman with “credible information” about Kavanaugh and Mark Judge, a friend of Kavanaugh’s. Christine Blasey Ford says Judge was in the room when Kavanaugh allegedly sexually assaulted her while they were in high school. Avenatti wrote that he would be “demanding the opportunity to present testimony” to the Senate Judiciary Committee and called for Kavanaugh’s nomination to be withdrawn. Around the same time Avenatti began tweeting, Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow at the New Yorker published a story detailing allegations from a second woman, Deborah Ramirez, who says Kavanaugh drunkenly exposed himself to her and thrust his genitals in her face while they were in college. (Kavanaugh has denied both Ford and Ramirez’s allegations.) Avenatti tweeted that his client isn’t Ramirez — and from there, things got stranger. I represent a woman with credible information regarding Judge Kavanaugh and Mark Judge. We will be demanding the opportunity to present testimony to the committee and will likewise be demanding that Judge and others be subpoenaed to testify. The nomination must be withdrawn. — Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) September 23, 2018 The attorney began to post emails between himself and Mike Davis, the chief counsel for nominations for the Senate Judiciary Committee, in which Avenatti claimed that he has “significant evidence” of parties in Washington, DC, during the 1980s during which Kavanaugh, Judge, and others would “participate in the targeting of women with alcohol/drugs in order to allow a ‘train’ of men to subsequently gang rape them.” He also tweeted about one of Kavanaugh’s yearbook entries and called for Judge to testify under oath to the judiciary panel. Exactly what information Avenatti has — or whom he’s representing — isn’t known. The flamboyant lawyer with 2020 presidential aspirations shared on Twitter another email to Davis outlining his requests for the committee, followed by a tweet touting a court appearance with Daniels later in the day. He tweeted on Tuesday that his client, a woman, would likely come forward in the next 36 hours. Here’s a rundown what we do — and don’t know — about what Avenatti claims to have on Kavanaugh. What we know Avenatti on Sunday tweeted that he was representing a woman with “credible information” about Kavanaugh and Judge and would demand an opportunity to present testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. He said he would like Judge and others to be subpoenaed to testify and called for Kavanaugh’s nomination to be withdrawn. Though news about Ramirez’s claims broke around the same time Avenatti began tweeting, he clarified that his client wasn’t Ramirez. It’s not entirely clear what Avenatti’s client says happened, but according to the emails with Davis he posted, he says there is “significant evidence” Kavanaugh and Judge were involved in some sort of scheme to gang rape young women in the 1980s. Judge, a classmate of Kavanaugh’s at Georgetown Preparatory School in Maryland and conservative writer, has become an important figure in the Kavanaugh allegations, as Ford says he was present when Kavanaugh allegedly sexually assaulted her. Judge has previously written about his drunken escapades while in high school, including seemingly referencing Kavanaugh (using the name “Bart O’Kavanaugh”) but has denied memory of the assault Ford says took place. He has also said he doesn’t want to testify before the judiciary panel. Some of Avenatti’s suggested questions for the committee to ask Kavanaugh include whether he targeted women for sex or rape at house parties or assisted Judge in doing so, whether he saw men lined up outside bedrooms at parties where a woman was inside as part of a “train,” and whether he was aware of or tried to stop such incidents. My e-mail of moments ago with Mike Davis, Chief Counsel for Nominations for U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. We demand that this process be thorough, open and fair, which is what the American public deserves. It must not be rushed and evidence/witnesses must not be hidden. pic.twitter.com/11XLZJBTtY — Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) September 24, 2018 Avenatti said the committee should also ask Kavanaugh about an entry in his yearbook that reads “FFFFFFFourth of July,” which he believes stands for “Find them, French them, Feel them, Finger them, F*ck them, Forget them.” He also mentioned the term “Devil’s Triangle,” a phrase that refers to sex between two men and one woman. The Daily Kos published a picture of references to both in Kavanaugh’s yearbook. Brett Kavanaugh must also be asked about this entry in his yearbook: "FFFFFFFourth of July." We believe that this stands for: Find them, French them, Feel them, Finger them, F*ck them, Forget them. As well as the term "Devil's Triangle." Perhaps Sen. Grassley can ask him. #Basta — Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) September 24, 2018 In subsequent emails between himself and Davis, it becomes clear that Avenatti is pushing for Judge to be subpoenaed and therefore forced to testify under oath. We are calling on the Committee and Senator Grassley to immediately request that Mark Judge testify under oath about the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh. They should not be hiding witnesses. The Committee works for the American people and this is a search for the truth. — Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) September 24, 2018 He said his client — who is still unknown — is willing to meet with the FBI for an investigation and take a polygraph test. Avenatti also asked whether some Republican staffers were aware of other allegations against Kavanaugh prior to them coming to light publicly. The New Yorker reported that GOP staffers knew about the Ramirez allegations last week, and then lawmakers tried to speed Kavanaugh’s confirmation up. My e-mail of this morning directed to Mr. Davis, Chief Counsel for Nominations for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. The American people deserve to know the truth and evidence regarding the allegations. There must be no effort made to avoid it. pic.twitter.com/8pcdW0PqQ1 — Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) September 24, 2018 In the New Yorker story on Ramirez, one of Judge’s former girlfriends, Elizabeth Rasor, said that Judge once “told her ashamedly of an incident that involved him and other boys taking turns having sex with a drunk woman,” but that he deemed it consensual. A lawyer for Judge said he “categorically denies” Rasor’s claim. It’s not clear whether it’s connected to Avenatti’s accusations. According to Politico, Avenatti said on Monday that his client will go public with allegations and more information in an on-camera interview within 48 hours. On Tuesday, he tweeted it would be within 36 hours. He also locked down his Twitter account. A user on the website 4chan has claimed he and his girlfriend are behind Avenatti’s claims about Kavanaugh and they have pranked Avenatti into believing them. Avenatti tweeted on Tuesday that the rumor that he was “duped” or “pranked” was “completely false.” What we don’t know The identity of the woman Avenatti claims to be representing. On Monday, he tweeted out portions of her résumé, apparently in an attempt to demonstrate credibility. Warning: My client re Kavanaugh has previously done work within the State Dept, U.S. Mint, & DOJ. She has been granted multiple security clearances in the past including Public Trust & Secret. The GOP and others better be very careful in trying to suggest that she is not credible — Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) September 24, 2018 What specific accusations Avenatti or his client may make, and what evidence he purports to have. If and when his client will come forward — he tweeted that she will do so when she is “ready” and his team has its “ducks in a row.” Only when my client is ready, we have our ducks in a row, and her security is in place. — Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) September 24, 2018<doc-sep>“We are aware of significant evidence of multiple house parties in the Washington, D.C. area during the early 1980s during which Brett Kavanaugh, Mark Judge and others would participate in the targeting of women with alcohol/drugs in order to allow a ‘train’ of men to subsequently gang rape them,” Avenatti said in an email to Mike Davis, chief counsel for nominations for the Senate Judiciary Committee.<doc-sep>
Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who says he has "credible information" about more sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, said Monday that he expects his new client will appear for an on-camera interview within the next 48 hours. Avenatti told The Hill that he anticipates his client will go public with her accusation against Kavanaugh in a television interview within the next two days. ADVERTISEMENT "We anticipate that that is what is going to occur," Avenatti said, confirming an earlier report from Politico. He said he does not know which media outlet she will appear on, adding, "We have not finalized the details." Avenatti is representing adult-film actress Stormy Daniels in her lawsuits against President Trump Donald TrumpTrump lashes out after grand jury seated for New York criminal probe Schumer tees up vote on Jan. 6 commission bill Senators struggle to save Jan. 6 commission MORE and his former lawyer Michael Cohen. Now, Avenatti is entering the fray surrounding Kavanaugh's roiled Supreme Court nomination with a tweet announcing he is representing "a woman with credible information regarding Judge Kavanaugh." Avenatti on Sunday tweeted a screenshot of an email he sent to Mike Davis, the chief counsel for nominations for the Senate Judiciary Committee. In the email, Avenatti said he is “aware of significant evidence of multiple house parties in the Washington, D.C. area during the early 1980s, during which Brett Kavanaugh, Mark Judge and others would participate in the targeting of women with alcohol/drugs to allow a ‘train’ of men to subsequently gang rape them.” "There are multiple witnesses that will corroborate these facts and each of them must be called to testify publicly,” Avenatti wrote. Avenatti has declined to disclose most of the details about his client, though he told Politico that "she’s had multiple security clearances over the years, including public trust and secret security clearance." Avenatti's client would be the third woman to publicly accuse Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. Christine Blasey Ford last week went public with her allegation that Kavanaugh pinned her down during a high school party in 1982 and attempted to forcibly remove her clothes. She named Judge as the other person in the room during the alleged assault. Judge has denied his presence during the alleged incident. Another woman, Deborah Ramirez, told The New Yorker in an article published Sunday that Kavanaugh exposed himself at a dorm-room party without her consent when the two were college students at Yale University in the 1980s. Kavanaugh has forcefully denied both accusations. Ford and Kavanaugh are set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.