After four straight days of recording less than 30 cases of COVID-19, British Columbia health officials have identified 71 new cases in the last 24 hours. Three more deaths, all at long term care homes, were also reported, increasing their death toll to 90. They are among the province’s now...
Premier Jason Kenney announced 306 new cases of COVID-19, marking the biggest single day increase Alberta has reported since the start of the outbreak. It also brings Canada’s total case count to over 40,000. There have also been five more deaths in the past 24 hours, increasing the province’s death...
Nine more people have recovered from COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, while health officials announced six new cases. There are now 326 diagnoses in the province, but 261 of the patients have recovered from the virus. Five people are in hospital, including one in intensive care. There are 36 healthcare workers who have...
Health officials in Manitoba have identified two new cases of COVID-19, increasing the province’s total to 257. There are seven individuals in hospital, including three in intensive care, while 154 of their cases have recovered from the virus. There are 25 health care workers who have tested positive, including four...
Quebec’s COVID-19 death toll rose to 1,134 after Premier François Legault announced 93 more fatalities since yesterday. Health officials have also diagnosed 839 new cases, increasing the province’s total to 20,965, which includes 4,291 people who have recovered from the virus, an increase of 243. There are 1,278 people in...
Two residents of the Northwood long-term care home in the Halifax Regional Municipality have passed away, increasing the province’s death toll to 12. Health officials identified 35 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing Nova Scotia’s total to 772. There are cases at 10 licensed long-term care...
Health officials said that the case that they identified on April 18 was in fact not positive with COVID-19. It brings the province’s total case count down to 256, with the province not reporting a new diagnosis for the fourth day in a row. There are 199 people who have recovered...
There are now 12,245 cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, which includes 659 fatalities, after the Ministry of Health announced 510 new diagnoses and 37 deaths in their latest 24-hour stretch. Among their total cases, 878 people are in hospital, including 243 people in intensive care and 192 patients on ventilators....
Dr. David Williams, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, said he is “cautiously optimistic” about the community spread in the province, after seeing a levelling of the curve, but the province hasn’t started seeing the curve come down the other side. He added the province is looking at what the...
Dr. Bonnie Henry, the medical health officer in B.C., confirmed that there has been a COVID-19 outbreak at the United Poultry Company Ltd. facility, with 28 employees infected. The plant has been closed and close contacts have been notified. She said there isn’t any evidence that COVID-19 can be spread by...