Public Health Sudbury and Districts reported four new COVID-19 cases late Friday.
As in Thursday’s announcement of four new cases, one person was exposed to the virus while travelling and the three others were exposed to someone who got it after travelling.
Again, as in Thursday’s announcement, all four are from...
Daily cases jumped back above 1,000 Saturday, with 26 new deaths reported and hospitalizations on the rise.
Health Minister Christian Dubé noted the big jump in deaths.
“Let’s think about all the people who have lost a loved one to COVID-19,” he said via Twitter. “Let us continue our collective efforts...
The Middlesex London health unit is reporting one new death linked to the novel coronavirus on Saturday.
The death, a 51-year-old woman, is not associated with any long-term care or retirement home.
This new fatality brings the local death toll to 60 people and is the second one recorded this week....
Manitoba reported 153 new probable cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on Saturday, bringing the provincial total to 4,088.
Two additional deaths were also announced — both women in their 70s from the Winnipeg health region. Both cases were previously announced and one is linked to an outbreak at Misericordia Place.
Health officials...
Nova Scotia reported three new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday and says six active cases remain in the province.
The province said the three new cases are all related to travel outside Atlantic Canada and were identified the day before.
“Two cases are in the Central Zone and the individuals have...
The federal government says it’s spending $214 million to support “made in Canada” coronavirus vaccine research.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that $173 million would go to Quebec-based Medicago, while Vancouver’s Precision NanoSystems would receive $18.2 million for development and testing.
“This is about securing potential vaccines for Canadians while...
The BC Centre for Disease Control is reporting another flight carrying a person with the COVID-19 virus arrived in Victoria this month.
In this exposure incident, it was Air Canada flight 195, which flew to Victoria from Toronto on October 15th.
Passengers on that flight sitting in rows 17 to 23...
Twenty-six more coronavirus patients have died in Canada, and 2,582 new cases of the virus have been recorded.
The increases announced Friday bring the cumulative national case total to 211,515, though more than 177,000 people have recovered, according to provincial statistics. The number of COVID-19-positive people in Canada who have...
COVID-19 infection rates at a Calgary jail exploded Friday as Alberta recorded record-breaking case counts for a third-straight day.
Alberta Health Services confirmed 50 inmates and five correctional peace officers have now been infected at the Calgary Correctional Centre, in the northwest outskirts of the city. It’s a considerable uptick...
Ontario will use its first batch of COVID-19 rapid tests in remote communities and in outbreak situations to help reduce the turnaround time in getting results.
Provincial health officials say Ontario is set to receive and roll out roughly 100,000 rapid tests next month, with more to be delivered in...
