Lanette Siragusa, Manitoba’s health system integration and quality lead, and chief nursing officer for Shared Health, revealed the province’s healthcare capacity continues to be “further stretched” due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
She revealed that ICU occupancy has now reached 92 per cent. There have also been 43 recently cancelled surgeries,...
Manitoba reported 283 new probable cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on Tuesday, bringing the provincial total to 17,107.
16 additional deaths were also announced:
• A man in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region
• A woman in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region
• A woman in her 70s from the...
A COVID-19 outbreak at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary has grown to 138 cases among staff and inmates.
As of Dec. 22, 123 inmates and 12 staff have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary’s medium-security unit and there are three reported cases in the maximum-security unit, according to a statement...
Nova Scotia has eight active cases of COVID-19 with one new case being reported on Sunday.
The new case is in the central health zone and is related to travel outside the region. That person is isolating.
Nova Scotia Health labs conducted 876 tests on Saturday.
Premier Stephen McNeil said he...
Canada's first-ever pandemic election culminates today as Canadians from coast-to-coast go to the polls to choose the 338 members of Parliament to sit in the House of Commons.
Elections Canada says almost 6.8 million people voted early, most of them at advanced polls over a week ago, and the rest...
B.C. has recorded its first confirmed case of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a child after antibody testing showed evidence of COVID-19.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said the child, who is under the age of five, has since recovered.
She made the announcement while reporting 142 new cases of COVID-19...
Alberta reported an estimated 1,200 new cases of COVID-19 on the second last day of 2020.
Dr. Deena Hinshaw posted a "preliminary" update Thursday morning on Twitter, and said another like it will be shared on Jan. 1. That update will give estimated case numbers for the final day of...
Toronto and Peel Region will remain under a stay-at-home order for at least another two weeks but some restrictions will be eased in York Region next week as it enters the red zone of the province’s reopening framework, the province announced Friday.
At the request of the medical officers of...
Another student at Huron Heights Secondary School in Kitchener has tested positive for COVID-19.
Region of Waterloo Public Health has confirmed this latest case was last at school September 25, and determined no students or staff were exposed to the virus.
It's the fourth student to test positive for the virus...
