Health officials in Alberta have diagnosed 239 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which marks the biggest increase in daily reported cases since the start of the outbreak. No new deaths were announced, as the province’s total case count rises to 2,397 and its death toll remains...
Forty-three more people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in British Columbia, increasing the province’s total to 1,618, according to a written statement by B.C. health authorities. No new fatalities were reported as their death toll remains at 78. There are now 20 outbreaks among long-term care, assisted living facilities and acute-care...
A Cape Breton woman in her 80s has passed away as a result of complications related to COVID-19, increasing the province’s death toll to four. Twenty-seven new cases of COVID-19 have also been diagnosed in the past 24 hours, bringing its total case count to 606. Among those cases are...
Four cases of COVID-19, all in the Eastern Health region, have been identified in the past 24 hours in Newfoundland and Labrador. There are still seven people in hospital, including three in intensive care. Six more people have recovered from the virus, bringing the province’s total number of resolved cases...
The death toll in Quebec now stands at 688 after Premier François Legault reported 58 more people died in the past 24 hours. The 58 deaths are part of the province’s 16,798 total diagnoses, with health officials identifying 941 new patients since Thursday’s update. Among the total cases, there are...
Nova Scotia officials said in a press release there are seven licensed long-term care homes in the province with cases of COVID-19, involving 42 residents and 23 staff. Northwood’s Halifax long-term care facility is experiencing the biggest outbreak, with 38 residents and 21 staff members infected with the virus. They’ve...
For the second day this week, Saskatchewan has reported just one new case of COVID-19, increasing their total case count to 305. Of their diagnoses, 219 people have recovered, while seven individual are in hospital. Thirty-four of their cases involve health care workers. As of April 16, there have been 21,569...
Premier François Legault announced 143 more fatalities related to COVID-19, increasing Quebec’s death toll to 630. Not all of the victims died in the last 24 hours, instead the large spike in fatalities is also the result of a change in methodology by Quebec health officials, Legault said. It’s unclear at...
Two more people have died in Alberta, bringing the province’s death toll to 50. The victims include a man in his 70s from the Calgary zone, who was a resident at a long-term care centre in High River. The second involves a woman in her 80s from the province’s north...
Three more people have died in British Columbia after contracting COVID-19, which includes an inmate at a correctional institution in Mission, B.C. According to Correctional Service Canada, it’s the first death related to COVID-19 among federally sentenced inmates. The individual is among the 61 people who have tested positive at the...