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...
Manitoba reported 491 new COVID-19 cases and no additional deaths from the virus Friday, as modelling numbers show daily case counts and ICU numbers likely to rise in the coming weeks. Dr. Jazz Atwal, the deputy chief public health officer, says the current spike in case numbers and hospitalization rates...
Ontario reported more than 3,400 new COVID-19 cases and 22 deaths on Tuesday, as hospitalizations continue to rise sharply. Provincial health officials logged 3,469 new coronavirus infections today, a notable drop from 4,447 cases on Monday. The seven-day rolling average, however, now stands at 4,319, up from 3,868 a week ago. Ontario...
Ontario is reporting 554 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the third day in a row the count is below 600. The provincial case total now stands at 571,332. Of the 554 new cases recorded, the data showed 319 were unvaccinated people, 56 were partially vaccinated people, 136 were fully vaccinated...
Two more Manitobans have died due to COVID-19, including a woman in her 30s from the Northern health region and a man in his 80s from the Southern health-Santé Sud health region. The 80-year-old’s death is the second linked to Emerson Health Centre this weekend. The new total number of deaths...
Health Canada has authorized a second COVID-19 vaccine for use in older children. The agency said Friday that it considers Moderna's vaccine to be "safe and effective at preventing COVID-19" in children between the ages of 12 and 17. Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine was approved for the same age group in May. The...
Quebec is reporting 308 new cases and four additional deaths Wednesday as the COVID-19 health crisis continues across the country. The latest case count is the lowest daily tally of new infections since last September in the province. It also marks the fourth consecutive day it is under the 500...
Two COVID-19 patients from Manitoba were admitted to the North Bay Regional Health Centre over the weekend. Kim McElroy, hospital spokeswoman, said the health centre is continuing to assess its bed situation on a daily basis. The North Bay Regional Health Centre has taken several COVID-19 patients from overwhelmed southern Ontario...
Quebec is reporting 103 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday and two more virus-related deaths — neither of which happened in the last 24 hours. The number of COVID-19-related hospitalizations dropped by eight from Saturday to 170. Of those, 39 patients are in the intensive care unit, the same as the...
With 53 new COVID-19 cases being reported on Sunday by local health officials, Waterloo Region has now logged the most daily cases in Ontario for the third time in the past five days. The province, which records COVID-19 cases at a different rate of time than local health officials, reported...