The Ministry of Health recorded 258 new cases of COVID-19, the fewest Ontario has reported since March 29. The province completed 17,429 tests, the third-most it has in a 24-hour stretch, leading to a 1.48 per cent positive test rate (the lowest since March 17 when 963 tests were completed,...
The City of Toronto’s medical officer of health reported 153 new cases, for a total of 8,097. That includes 5,851 people who have recovered and 648 deaths. There are 126 institutional outbreaks around the city, which includes one at Toronto Western Hospital. At least five people who are part of...
Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon, Ont., has said all of its residents have been symptom-free for at least two weeks. The long-term care home, which has 65 beds, reported 29 deaths related to COVID-19. The outbreak was the centre of national attention as Canada started to enforce restrictions for LTCs...
Saskatchewan reported five new cases of COVID-19, bringing its total to 582. One of them is in Regina, while the other four are in the Far North, which now accounts for 146 of Saskatchewan’s 178 active cases. Thirteen more cases have also been marked as resolved, meaning that there are now...
As of May 13, there are 185 cases of COVID-19 on First Nations reserves, according to chief medical officer of Indigenous Services Canada Dr. Tom Wong. Two people have died after contracting the virus, while 63 per cent have recovered. Wond said the statistics are only available for Indigenous peoples living...
Health officials in Quebec recorded an additional 131 fatalities, raising the province’s death toll to 3,351. Those fatalities are among the province’s 40,724 total cases after 793 new patients were identified, marking Quebec the first to surpass the 40,000-case mark. There are now 10,829 people who have recovered from the virus,...
Health officials in Manitoba have announced that one of its probable cases has turned out negative, bringing its total case count back down to 289. There are now 30 active cases, while 252 people have recovered. Four people are in hospital, including one in intensive care due to the respiratory...
Nova Scotia health officials have diagnosed two additional patients with COVID-19, increasing the province’s case count to 1,026. No new fatalities were reported, meaning that the death toll remains at 51. Among its total cases are 090 people who have recovered from the virus, up by 37 since Wednesday. There...
Health officials in Quebec recorded an additional 89 fatalities, raising the province’s death toll to 3,220. Those fatalities are among the province’s 39,931 total cases after 706 new patients were identified, the smallest increase in daily cases since April 25. There are now 10,470 people who have recovered from the virus,...
The Ministry of Health recorded 329 new cases of COVID-19 and 40 more fatalities, increasing Ontario’s totals to 21,236 and 1,765, respectively. Among the province’s total diagnoses are 15,845 resolved cases, an increase of 454, setting a recovery rate of 74.6 per cent. Along with reporting more recoveries than new cases,...