Canada

There are 249 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, bringing the provincial total to 39,932 cases. There are two new deaths, both in the North West zone. One is in the 50 to 59 age group and the other in the 80+ age group. Of the new cases, 101 are...

New Brunswick is reporting four new COVID-19 cases Sunday, with the province's active total at 130 -- a decrease since Saturday's 136. In an email from a spokesperson for the province, Bruce MacFarlane, the cases are broken down as follows: One case is in the Saint John region (Zone 2) and...

Alberta reported 1,562 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday (April 24) and more than two-thirds of them were variants of concern. Variants accounted for 1,132 of yesterday's cases and now are responsible for 60.9 percent of the province's 19,702 active cases. The number of active cases in Alberta...

It was another high COVID-19 case count on Sunday in Manitoba as the province added 259 new cases. The five-day test positivity rate is 7.1 per cent in Manitoba and 7.6 per cent in Winnipeg. The Winnipeg area continues to be the hardest hit with 188 new cases. Both the Northern...

Quebec is reporting 1,014 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, and nine more coronavirus-related deaths. Health officials say hospitalizations continued to declined for a fourth straight day by eight to 654, and 165 people are in intensive care — a decrease of 16 from Saturday. Authorities say of the nine deaths, six...

Ontario reported 3,947 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday as the number of patients in intensive care units once again reached a record high. The province registered 24 more deaths linked to the virus, bringing the official death toll to 7,911. Sunday's daily case count marks the third time in the...

The father of a two-year-old girl recovering from severe injuries in a Halifax intensive care unit is looking for answers after he said he tried to warn officials that his daughter was in danger. The father, who saw his child on weekends, said he had been contacting the provincial Community...

A planned “pop-up” vaccine clinic that would have been offered at Hollyburn Country Club next week has been cancelled by the B.C. government. The West Vancouver country club was set to host Indigo Pharmacy on Monday, April 26 from noon to 3 p.m. to offer “a very limited quantity of...

In a Tweet sent out by Nova Scotia Health & Wellness, the province announced 52 new COVID-19 cases Saturday. According to the department, 44 of the new cases are in the province’s Central Zone. Four are in the Eastern Zone, another four are in the Northern Zone, and there are no...

B.C. reported 1,001 new cases of COVID-19 Friday, but the number of people in hospital has dropped for the first time in weeks. There are now 486 people hospitalized due to COVID-19, down from 502 the day before. However, there are still 160 people in intensive care, down from 161...