Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 21 new COVID-19 cases in B.C. on Saturday, bringing the total to 2,428. One additional person has died, bringing the total number of deaths to 141. There is an ongoing outbreak at Oppenheimer Group, a fruit and vegetable processing plant in Coquitlam, where there...
The Ministry of Health reported 23 more COVID-19 related deaths, increasing Ontario’s death toll to 1,881. It’s the fewest fatalities the province has recorded in a 24-hour stretch since April 13, when it had 17. Along with the new fatalities, the Ministry of Health reported 340 new cases of COVID-19,...
Health Canada has approved the first clinic trial of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Saturday (May 16). The efforts are being led by the Canadian Centre for Vaccinology at Dalhousie University alongside the National Research Council of Canada. If the trial is to be successful, Trudeau told...
All of New Brunswick’s 120 patients have recovered from COVID-19, meaning there are no more active cases in the province. For the tenth straight day, New Brunswick has also not identified a new infection. This is the second time that all of its patients have recovered. It previously had zero...
The Ministry of Health reported 391 new cases of COVID-19, marking the biggest daily spike Ontario has seen since the province recorded 477 new cases on May 8. In the Ministry of Health’s latest 24-hour stretch, it administered 17,768 tests for COVID-19 — the third most it’s ever recorded —...
Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw reported four more deaths, all in Calgary continuing care facilities, increasing the province’s death toll to 125. Fifty-eight new cases were also recorded in the last 24 hours, in which the province completed 4,505 tests for the respiratory virus. It brings...
Fifty more people have died in Quebec, which marks the smallest daily increase in fatalities since April 13. The province’s death toll now stands at 3,401. The victims are among its 41,420, an increase of 696 since Thursday’s update, which also includes 11,039 people who have recovered (up by 210)....
A 27-year-old woman has died at the University of Montreal Hospital Center after contracting COVID-19, making her the youngest victim in Quebec, according to a TVA Nouvelles report from early May 14. According to the TV news station, the victim suffered from multiple comorbidities. Her mother, who is a nurse...
Five members of the Canadian Armed Forces, who have been assisting long-term care homes in Quebec and Ontario, have been diagnosed with COVID-19. The military confirmed to The Canadian Press that one of its members is in Ontario, while the other four are in Quebec. The Canadian Armed Forces have assigned...
A “small glitch” in Thursday’s Ontario COVID-19 statistics has been reported by Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier of Ontario and Minister of Health. Eighty-seven cases were missed in yesterday’s update, when the province reported 258 new patients, which would have marked a six-week low. Instead, an increase of 345 should have...