The Saskatchewan government is adjusting priority sequencing previously established for Phase 1 of its COVID-19 vaccine delivery plan. Premier Scott Moe announced on Tuesday that, after a review of the plan, additional categories of health-care workers would be added. “These include anyone that is directly involved in delivering COVID-19 immunizations in...
Epidemiologists have gotten to work predicting the future if highly contagious COVID-19 variants spread through Quebec, and their findings are alarming – especially combined with news that variant cases do continue to climb. As of Tuesday there are 86 people probably infected with COVID-19 variants in the province, with their...
The COVID-19 reproductive rate has risen above the troubling “one” mark in the Fraser Health region, the provincial health officer warned on Tuesday. Dr. Bonnie Henry said that over the past week there have been, on average, more than one additional infection for each case of the virus in B.C.’s...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he received further reassurance this week that Canada’s expected supply of COVID-19 vaccines is secure. Trudeau says he spoke Tuesday morning with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen about Europe’s vaccine export controls and Moderna chair Noubar Afeyan Monday about the company’s Canadian contract. He...
Alberta Health Services has released its update on COVID-19 for Sunday, Feb 14, covering statistics compiled over the past 24 hours. 251 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 129,075. Of those, 5,222 cases are active while 122,071 people have recovered. In the South Zone, there were no...
Manitoba has reported 167 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified over the past two days, along with four more deaths connected to the virus. On Tuesday, the province reported the new cases, which included 71 cases from Monday and 96 cases Tuesday, according to Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba’s chief...
10 am The head of Ontario’s vaccination distribution task force said the province is preparing to open a call centre and online booking system for COVID-19 vaccinations. Retired general Rick Hillier told CBC’s Power & Politics said he hopes the province will start vaccinating people in the general population over...
1 pm Canada’s top doctor says COVID-19 disease activity is on the decline, but variants of concern threaten set back the country’s progress in flattening the curve in the second wave. Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam said today there have been 826,924 cases of COVID-19 in Canada, including 21,311...
Ontario is reporting 964 new coronavirus cases on Family Day Monday and 904 new cases on Tuesday, bringing the provincial total to 287,736. The provincial government did not release Ontario COVID-19 numbers on Monday due to the holiday and released two sets of data on Tuesday. According to Tuesday’s provincial report,...
Ottawa Public Health is reporting 31 more people in the city have tested positive for COVID-19 and one more person has died. This brings Ottawa's totals to 14,038 laboratory-confirmed cases and 434 deaths since the pandemic began, according to OPH's COVID-19 dashboard. The update comes on the third straight day that...