Seventy-five more people have died in Quebec, marking the biggest daily increase in fatalities throughout the pandemic, and raising its death toll to 435. They are among the 14,248 cases of COVID-19 in the province, after health officials also diagnosed 691 new cases in the past 24 hours. Of the total...
Forty-three more people have died after contracting COVID-19 in Ontario, increasing the province’s death toll to 334. It marks the most deaths reported by the Ministry of Health in a 24-hour stretch. Their statistics, which are released at 10:30 a.m., are current as of 4 p.m. the evening before. To go...
About one in four Canadians are not following social distancing recommendations from publicnhealth officials to their full extent, according to an Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Global News. Social distancing involves staying at home as often as possible, such as by avoiding non-essential gatherings, to help slow and...
A man in his 80s in the Halifax Regional Municipality has died as a result of COVID-19 complications, marking the third death in the province. Health officials also diagnosed 29 new patients, increasing Nova Scotia’s case count to 474. There are nine people in hospital, including four in intensive care,...
Health officials in Newfoundland and Labrador have diagnosed two new patients in the Western Health region, increasing the province’s total case count to 244. The cause of both patients’ transmission is linked to travel. Among the total cases, nine are in hospital, including three in intensive care, while 133 people...
In the past 24 hours, 711 new cases of COVID-19 have been identified in Quebec, bringing the province’s total case count to 13,557, and Canada’s to over 25,000. The COVID-19 outbreak has also led to 360 fatalities in Quebec, with health officials announcing 32 more deaths on Monday. Among those diagnosed...
Of the province’s 7,470 cases of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health says that 3,357 have recovered (44.9 per cent), which includes 236 cases that have been resolved in the past 24 hours. Ontario recorded 7,470 diagnoses after health officials identified 421 new patients on Monday, to go along with 17...
An Ottawa company says Health Canada has approved its new technology that can expand the country's COVID-19 test capacity. Spartan Bioscience was one of the companies that received federal funds announced in mid-March to help in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. It switched from making portable DNA test kits to...
Ontario is reporting 401 new and confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the provincial total to 7,049. A total of 274 people have died of the virus. The Ontario government says 3,121 people have recovered from a confirmed case of the illness. Nova Scotia is reporting 17 new COVID-19...
Nova Scotia recorded 21 new COVID-19 positive results on Saturday, including a Halifax Regional Police officer — bringing the province's total to 428. So far, 95 people have recovered from COVID-19 and two have died. The QEII Health Sciences Centre's microbiology lab completed 885 Nova Scotia tests on Friday and is...