The Windsor Essex County Health Unit reported seven new cases of COVID-19 for our region Tuesday, and another person has died. A woman in her 70s who was a resident of a long-term care home died on Monday, said medical officer of health Dr. Wajid Ahmed. One of the...
Toronto City Council is officially calling on provincial health officials to start collecting province-wide data on COVID-19 cases, broken down by race, occupation, and other "socioeconomic factors." According to a news release issued Tuesday, Coun. Joe Cressy, who also chairs the city's board of health, sent a letter to both...
A total of 22,484 people have recovered from COVID-19 in Ontario, which according to Johns Hopkins University & Medicine, pushes the national total for recoveries past 50,000. However Ontario still saw the total number of cases in the province reach 28,709 as 446 new cases were reported since Monday. There have...
A temporary foreign worker from Mexico who came to Canada to work on a farm in Ontario died on Saturday due to COVID-19, as farms in the southwestern part of the province become a major driver for a spike in new cases. The 31-year-old man had no underlying health...
Saskatchewan RCMP say they responded to 62 COVID-19-related calls from May 22 to May 28. Thirteen calls were for gatherings of more than 10 people, three complaints were about people failing to self-isolate when allegedly required to do so and the 46 other calls were listed as "COVID-19-related complaints." No charges...
New numbers out of Quebec show 295 new coronavirus cases today and 20 additional deaths. Those numbers are the smallest totals of new COVID-19 deaths since April 4, and the fewest new cases since March 25. There are 1,185 people being treated for COVID-19 in Quebec hospitals as of Monday, down...
Ontario reported 404 additional cases of COVID-19 on Monday, a 1.5 per cent jump in newly confirmed infections that marks a slight increase relative to daily growth rates seen over the last week. The new cases come as the number of tests processed dropped below the province's target of 16,000...
When Mary Rose Manzano-Leal called Filipino employees of a coronavirus-stricken meat-packing plant in Alberta last month, the physician says they expressed relief as soon she began speaking their language. "When I tell them that I can speak Tagalog ... they suddenly perk up and become interested in speaking with me." Across...
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on June 1, 2020: There are 90,929 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 51,059 confirmed (including 4,641 deaths, 16,346 resolved) _ Ontario: 27,859 confirmed (including 2,266 deaths, 21,810 resolved) _ Alberta: 6,992 confirmed (including 143...
Eighty-five cases among migrant workers have been identified at a farm operation in Norfolk County, south of Simcoe, according to CBC. The workers, many of whom are from Mexico, are employed by Scotlynn Group in Vittoria, which is a major producer of watermelon, sweet corn, pumpkins and asparagus. Of...