Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam says Canada has been testing more than 20,000 people a day for COVID-19 over the last few days. Tam said more than 555,000 people have now been tested. These have resulted in 36,216 confirmed cases as of this morning.

Ontario is reporting 606 new cases of COVID-19, the largest single-day increase, and 31 new deaths. Despite the large increase, the new total of 11,184 cases is just 5.7 per cent higher than the day before, continuing a relatively low growth trend. The total includes 584 deaths and 5,515 resolved cases. The number of people in hospital confirmed to have COVID-19 and those on a ventilator went down slightly, while the number of people in intensive care remained stable.

Quebec is delaying all non-urgent activities in hospitals for the next two weeks to allow more medical professionals to work full time in the province's struggling long-term care homes. Premier Francois Legault says the province is short 2,000 people to work in the homes, where the majority of the province's COVID-19 deaths have originated. The province reported 62 more deaths due to COVID-19 for a total of 939, and 962 more cases for a total of 19,319. Legault said 3,847 people have recovered from the illness.

The names of victims of the weekend mass killing in Nova Scotia are beginning to emerge.The president of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union says Lisa McCully, a teacher at Debert Elementary School was a victim of senseless violence who was known as a passionate teacher and ``as a shining love'' in the lives of her friends and family.Constable Heidi Stevenson was the first victim to be named.Her husband Dean Stevenson, teaches at Cole Harbour District High School.The couple has two children.Darcy Dobson posted on Facebook that her mother Heather O'Brien, a nurse from Truro, was among the dead.She

Negotiations around re-opening the House of Commons are going down to the wire. Members of Parliament from across Canada are expected to return to their seats tomorrow unless the Liberal government and Opposition parties can agree on an alternative arrangement. The Liberals have proposed one in-person sitting with a limited number of MPs per week bolstered by a virtual sitting to prevent COVID-19 from spreading among MPs and Parliament Hill staff. But Andrew Scheer and his Conservatives are pushing for three in-person sittings per week to hold government accountable for its pandemic response.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the U.S. and Canada have agreed to keep their border closed to nonessential travel for another 30 days. Trudeau says it will keep people on both sides of the border safe amid the pandemic. U.S. President Donald Trump said this past Wednesday that the U.S.-Canada border will be among the first borders to open and says the U.S. and Canada are doing well in handling the pandemic. The U.S. and Canada agreed last month to limit border crossings to essential travel amid the pandemic, but that agreement was due to expire this coming week.

There are 31,927 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. Quebec: 16,798 confirmed (including 688 deaths, 3,068 resolved) Ontario: 9,525 confirmed (including 478 deaths, 4,556 resolved) Alberta: 2,397 confirmed (including 50 deaths, 1,124 resolved) British Columbia: 1,618 confirmed (including 78 deaths, 966 resolved) Nova Scotia: 606 confirmed (including 4 deaths, 177 resolved) Saskatchewan: 306 confirmed (including 4 deaths, 228 resolved), 1 presumptive Newfoundland and Labrador: 256 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 176 resolved) Manitoba: 239 confirmed (including 5 deaths, 132 resolved), 11

The Saskatchewan government says the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to a $3.3 billion decline in provincial revenue. Officials have released projections based on different scenarios where revenue declines range from $1.3 billion to $3.3 billion. Finance Minister Donna Harpauer says it's still unclear how long restrictions on public interaction will be in place. Meanwhile, officials announced one new and one presumptive case of the virus bringing the total in Saskatchewan to 307. It says 228 people have recovered and four have died.

Transport Canada says that starting Monday, people flying to or from Canadian airports will have to have masks to contain their germs. Minister Marc Garneau says that starting at noon on April 20, passengers won't be allowed to board planes unless they have non-medical face coverings, to try to slow the spread of COVID-19. They'll only have to wear the masks when they have to be close to others, such as at screening points or if the planes are crowded. Masks are being encouraged for passengers on boats, ferries, trains and buses but aren't being made mandatory.