B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced one new community outbreak at the Superior Poultry Plant in Coquitlam, after two employees tested positive. It’s a sister-plant of United Poultry Company Ltd. facility in East Vancouver, where 29 cases have been identified over the past week. Henry believes that the reason...
Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health, reported that 319 new cases of COVID-19 were identified over the last 24 hours, marking the second consecutive day that the province has announced a record surge. The update increases the province’s total to 3,720, which includes 1,357 recoveries. Hinshaw also...
There are now 331 cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, after five more patients tested positive for the virus. Among the province’s total diagnoses is one presumptive case. Since yesterday, nine more people have recovered, increasing Saskatchewan’s total to 270 resolved cases. Six people are in hospital, including one in intensive...
Health officials in Manitoba have diagnosed five more patients with COVID-19, increasing their total case count to 262. Twenty more people have recovered from the virus since yesterday’s update, meaning that the province now has 174 resolved cases. Of their 82 active cases, seven people are in hospital, including two...
The Ministry of Health reported 634 new cases of COVID-19, marking the biggest single-day increase Ontario has seen since the start of the outbreak. Fifty-four deaths were also reported, which is the second biggest increase the Ministry of Health has recorded. On April 17, the province’s health officials reported 55...
Ontario reported 634 new cases of COVID-19 and 54 more deaths on Thursday, as it extended emergency orders to continue the closure of parks, non-essential workplaces and restaurants for another two weeks. The latest data reported by public health officials Thursday represents the largest single day increase in cases, bringing...
Premier François Legault announced 109 deaths in the past 24 hours in Quebec, increasing the province’s death toll to 1,243. Of the recent fatalities, 93 of them are residents of facilities for elders. Among its total death toll, 93 per cent of people are 70 years old or older. Legault...
Sixteen people have now died in Nova Scotia after contracting COVID-19 after health officials announced four more fatalities. “Three occurred at the Northwood long-term care home in Halifax Regional Municipality and the other occurred at Harbourstone Enhanced Care in Sydney,” according to a statement by provincial officials. As of their last...
A total of 210 people have died of COVID-19 in Toronto, with more than half of the deaths in long-term care homes, the city's medical officer of health said on Wednesday. Dr. Eileen de Villa told reporters that 290 people are in hospital, while 106 are in intensive care units....
The Ministry of Health reported 634 new cases of COVID-19, marking the biggest single-day increase Ontario has seen since the start of the outbreak. Fifty-four deaths were also reported, which is the second biggest increase the Ministry of Health has recorded. On April 17, the province’s health officials reported 55...