Ontario is reporting another 1,054 COVID-19 cases and nine more deaths, according to its latest report released Wednesday morning. The seven-day average is at 1,084 cases daily, or 52 weekly per 100,000. Ontario’s seven-day average for deaths is at 23.4 daily. The province says 54,852 number of tests were completed the...
Quebec public health has added 806 new COVID-19 cases, the province’s 11th consecutive day of fewer than 1,000 new cases. The last time the province reported more than 1,000 new daily cases was on February 12, when 1,049 were announced. The Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux has added...
When a Canadian soldier crashed his truck through security gates around Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s home and prowled the grounds with three loaded guns, he said he hoped to provoke “a wake-up call and a turning point” for the country, revealing political intent behind the violence that is “quite...
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. There are 852,269 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 852,269 confirmed cases (30,677 active, 799,830 resolved, 21,762 deaths).The total case count includes 13 confirmed cases among repatriated travellers. There were 2,760 new cases...
A new case of the B.1.1.7 variant has been reported in Manitoba, though no new deaths related to COVID-19 were reported on Tuesday. In the daily bulletin, the province said the total number of B.1.1.7 variant cases identified in Manitoba is now five. The province did not provide any details...
Ottawa Public Health is reporting 25 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19. OPH's COVID-19 dashboard now reports 14,429 total laboratory-confirmed cases since the pandemic began. No new COVID-19 deaths were reported on Tuesday. To date, 437 residents of Ottawa have died throughout the pandemic. The provincial government 975...
Quebec will begin vaccinating the general public against COVID-19 starting next week, the province’s premier announced Tuesday. François Legault said anyone 85 years or older will be able to register and obtain their first dose as the government expands its inoculation campaign. “Vaccines are our best hope to beat this battle,”...
Quebec is reporting 739 new cases and 13 additional deaths, including one in the past 24 hours, tied to the novel coronavirus Tuesday as numbers continue to drop in the province. The caseload has now reached 283,666. Recoveries, meanwhile, have topped 265,000 in the province. The COVID-19 death toll stands at...
Michelle Fernandes could almost see her home from the steps of the Sheraton Four Points hotel near Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday. She had flown all the way from New Delhi that morning, but lives nearby in Mississauga, the suburban municipality where Pearson is located. Yet instead of heading to...
As Quebec recorded the lowest number of new cases of COVID-19 since September, a microbiologist at the McGill University Health Centre warned it’s too early to loosen health restrictions. “The wild card is the introduction of these new variants,” Dr. Raymond Tellier said. “Because these variants are so much more contagious,...