Health officials in New Brunswick haven’t identified a new patient for the eighth straight day, as its total stays at 118. Of those cases, 111 have been resolved, setting a recovery rate of 94 per cent, as seven active cases remain in the entire province with a population of about...
Two additional residents of Northwood long-term care home in Halifax Regional Municipality have passed away. Of Nova Scotia’s 24 total fatalities, 18 of them were residents of the Northwood facility, where there are also 178 resident cases and 71 infected staff members. Five people have also recovered. As of their last...
The Ministry of Health recorded 437 new cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, raising the province’s total to 14,432. There are now 835 fatalities, an increase of 24 since Saturday, to go along with 8,000 people who have recovered from the respiratory disease. Health officials resolved 491 cases in their latest...
The federal government is providing rent relief to businesses that can’t afford to pay their landlords at a time when their operations are seriously curtailed or shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The federal help, expected to lower rent by 75 per cent for affected small businesses, will be...
Ninety-five new cases of COVID-19 were identified in the last 24 hours in British Columbia, marking the biggest single day increase the province has reported since the start of the outbreak. The “dramatic” rise in cases is due to an increase in tests at several key outbreaks, said B.C. provincial...
There are now 4,233 cases of COVID-19 in Alberta, after health officials reported 216 new cases since Friday. One more person has died after contracting COVID-19, increasing Alberta’s death toll to 73. It’s unclear at this moment who is the latest victim. In the last 24 hours, 74 more people have...
Saskatchewan reported eight new cases of COVID-19, bringing their total to 349. Among those diagnoses, two are presumptive, while 288 are now resolved, an increase of eight since Friday. One fewer person is in hospital, but of the four patients there are two in intensive care. There are now 37 health...
Health officials in Manitoba have identified four new patients with COVID-19, increasing its total case count to 267. There are 62 active active cases, since 199 people have now recovered, an increase of three since Friday. Seven people are in hospital, including two in intensive care due to the respiratory...
Twenty-two people have now died in Nova Scotia after contracting COVID-19, with health officials announcing six more fatalities. “Five occurred at the Northwood long-term care home in Halifax Regional Municipality. As well, a man in his 80s with underlying medical conditions died in the Western Zone; he was not a...
Health officials in Quebec recorded 106 more deaths in the past 24 hours, raising its death toll 1,446. Those fatalities are among the province’s 23,267 total cases, after 651 new patients were identified. There are 5,057 people who have recovered from the virus, an increase of 333 since yesterday. Of the...