If Montrealers fail to follow public health guidelines, the metropolitan area could see a dangerous spike in hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 by July, according to the latest projections by government-affiliated experts. The projections also suggest that if, on the other hand, a large majority of Montrealers continue to...
Ontario's Ministry of Health is helping to run "pop-up" COVID-19 assessment centres in one of the province's hardest-hit areas. In a news release issued Friday morning, the Scarborough Health Network said it is working in conjunction with the ministry and Toronto Public Health to operate the first of the pop-up...
Federal Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the federal government will spend another $650 million to help Indigenous communities cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. That's in addition to $305 million previously promised to help First Nations reserves, and Inuit and Metis communities with supplies, medical care and facilities that allow...
There are now six COVID-19 cases part of a cluster — believed to be linked to an “irresponsible” health-care professional — after three more patients were identified in New Brunswick’s Campbellton region. Premier Blaine Higgs first described the individual as “irresponsible” on Wednesday, because they did not self-isolate upon return...
After a 20-day stretch of reporting no new cases in Newfoundland and Labrador, the province has identified its first new patient since May 7. The individual is a male in his 40s in the Eastern Health region. According to Peter Cowman of CBC, the case is related to travel, but...
After a 10-day stretch of Ontario not reaching its testing goal, the province has finally surpassed 16,000 tests in a day. Among 17,615 completed tests, the Ministry of Health was able to identify 383 new cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, setting a positive test rate of 2.2 per cent...
Quebec health officials have identified 563 new cases of COVID-19, to go along with 74 more fatalities. The update increases its totals to 49,702 and 4,302, respectively. According to Quebec’s public health website, only seven of the 74 fatalities happened in the province’s latest 24-hour stretch. Instead, the province continues to...
Two more people in Nova Scotia have been diagnosed with COVID-19, increasing the total case count to 1,055. Among the diagnoses are 977 patients who have recovered from the respiratory virus, up by two since Wednesday’s update. Of the active cases, there are eight in hospital (up by one),...
New Brunswick health officials have identified a third case of COVID-19 in the past week, after enjoying a five-day stretch of having no active cases in the province. All three patients are part of a single cluster in the Campbelltown region, according to the province's chief medical officer of...
The Ministry of Health reported 292 new cases in Ontario, after completing 15,133 tests for COVID-19. It marks the second straight day the province has recorded less than 300 new cases of COVID-19, which it hasn’t done since March 29. The latest update increases its total case count to 26,483....