Ontario, Canada, on Dec. 18, 2021. COVID-19 cases are continuing to soar across Canada fueled by the Omicron variant, with confirmation of 7,566 new cases as of Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)
That province logged an estimated 1,100 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday, roughly half of which are variants of concern. Hinshaw said 35 per cent of the province’s active COVID-19 cases are due to those variants, which are more contagious and can cause more serious illness. Some provinces...
As COVID-19 cases increased, provincial and territorial governments announced states of public health emergency between March 13 and 20, 2020. This paper examines Canada's public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic during the first four months (January to Ma...
B.C.’s first fatality from the COVID-19 coronavirus was a patient at a North Vancouver care home, as the provincial total number of cases has risen to 32. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Monday that one of the residents of Lynn Valley Care Centre has died, as the numb...
Canadian Province Ontario declared a state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on March 17. At a press conference in Toronto, Ontario Provincial Premier Doug Ford said it was a decision the province must make to fight the pandemic. Under the state of emergency, schools...
As Canada sees a surge in COVID-19 cases involving new variants, the government announced on April 22 that it will introduce tighter travel restrictions.
Provincial health officials reported 358 new cases of COVID-19 in the province and six new deaths. Also on Friday, Quebec announced a new single-day record of 69,148 COVID-19 vaccines administered on Thursday as stricter public health protocols take hold in some parts of ...
Coronavirus updates: Areas in Canada with cases of the latest novel coronavirus (COVID-19 or 2019-nCoV).
With at least 324 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Canada, and 103 of them in B.C., provincial and federal officials have put in stringent new measures to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Currently, Canada has recorded four deaths due to COVID-19, all in B.C. ...
Heather Morrison says the Island has two more confirmed cases of COVID-19 Friday, bringing the provincial total to 11. The latest cases had both returned from international travel. One case involves a woman in her 20s and the other is a woman in her 50s. Both live in Princ...