Canada confirms 1,206 monkeypox cases

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) confirmed 1,206 cases of monkeypox including 32 hospitalizations in the country. The health agency said that of the confirmed cases as of Wednesday, 583 cases are from Ontario, 471 from Quebec, 125 from British Columbia, 19 from Alberta, three from Saskatchewan, two from the Yukon, and one each from New Brunswick, Manitoba, and New Brunswick. The agency has deployed more than 105,000 doses of the Imvamune vaccine to provinces and territories, with over 59,000 people vaccinated with at least one dose as of August 14.