The B.C. government says there are 92 new cases of COVID-19 in the province, for a total of 884. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says 81 people are hospitalized, including 52 in intensive care, and there has been one additional death. She says cases are continuing to increase among people who have been exposed in the last two weeks, and physical distancing remains critically important. Henry says on a positive note, nearly 400 people have recovered from the disease in B.C.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says anyone showing symptoms of COVID-19 will not be allowed to board domestic flights or intercity trains. Trudeau says the new requirement will begin Monday at noon. Canadians returning to the country already can't board planes if they are showing symptoms. Trudeau says it will up to the train and plane operators to ensure people with symptoms don't board. He says all those showing symptoms should be in self-isolation. Trudeau made the announcement outside this residence where he is self-isolating after his wife tested positive for the virus. Canada has more tha

A 16 year old girl was allegedly raped by 10 people including her friend to whom she reached out for help to drop her home amid lockdown on March 24. "The girl was returning to her home from Dumka. She called her friend and asked him to drop her home. He (her friend) along with his friends raped her. FIR has been registered and special investigation team constituted. Accused will be nabbed soon," Superintendent of Police (SP) YS Ramesh told ANI. On the statement of the victim, a case has been registered under Section 323 and 376 D of the Indian Penal Code, and relevant sections of the

There are 4,768 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. Quebec: 2,021 confirmed (including 18 deaths, 1 resolved) Ontario: 993 confirmed (including 18 deaths, 8 resolved) British Columbia: 792 confirmed (including 16 deaths, 275 resolved) Alberta: 542 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 33 resolved) Saskatchewan: 104 confirmed (including 3 resolved) Newfoundland and Labrador: 102 confirmed Nova Scotia: 90 confirmed Manitoba: 39 confirmed (including 1 death), 11 presumptive New Brunswick: 45 confirmed Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed Prince Edward Island: 11 confirmed Yukon: 4 confirmed North

The Alberta government says landlords will not be able to evict anyone for not paying rent until at least the end of April while the province deals with the economic fallout of COVID-19. The government says landlords will also not be allowed to hike rents while a state of public emergency remains in effect. The province is forcing non-essential business, such as salons, dine-in restaurants, clothing stores and furniture stores to close. The maximum size of groups is being reduced to 15 from 50 and vehicles are no longer being allowed into provincial parks. Alberta is reporting 56 new cas

Two more people in British Columbia have died as a result of COVID-19. In its daily update, the province also reported an additional 67 new cases, for a total of 792. The two deaths were in the Vancouver area, but no other details were released. Sixteen people have now died as a result of COVID-19 in B.C. The province says 275 people have recovered from the disease.

BC's provincial health officer is cautiously optimistic that BC's experience with COVID-19 SSwill more closely mirror South Korea which has stemmed the outbreak that Italy, where cases continue to mount. The province has released what it calls its ``worst case scenario'' when dealing with the pandemic. Henry says BC's health care system would be overwhelmed if an outbreak occurred on the scale currently underway in Italy, but she says data suggests we may see a flattening of the curve. She says the positive effects of physical distancing, travel restrictions and other measures imposed in

The 2011 film “Contagion” has seen a huge surge in popularity since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and now its stars have reunited for a series of public service announcements. Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Winslet and Jennifer Ehle have teamed up with scientists from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health on four videos. The PSA's stress washing your hands, keeping two metres apart from one another, and staying at home. “Contagion” is about a lethal and fast-moving influenza that spreads around the world.

Approximately 5200 employees of Indigo Books &Music Inc. are being laid off as of today. The Toronto-based book seller has decided to keep its stores closed indefinitely during the COVID-19 outbreak. Indigo had paid its staffers though March 27th after temporarily closing its stores March 17th. The company says it expects to ``re-embrace'' as many employees as possible once stores reopen.