Ontario is reporting 525 new COVID-19 cases today, and 59 more deaths. That ends three consecutive days of declining numbers of new cases. The new provincial total of 15,381 cases is an increase of 3.5 per cent over the previous day's total and includes 951 deaths and 8,964 resolved cases. Hospitalizations went up, but the numbers of people in intensive care and on ventilators declined slightly.

Quebec is reporting 83 new COVID-19 deaths, bringing the provincial total to 1,682. The province is also reporting a total of 25,757 confirmed cases. Premier Francois Legault says while 1,625 people are in hospital, 94 are long-term care patients who have recovered but aren't being returned to their homes. Legault says while the number of deaths have risen in long-term care homes, other deaths remain largely stable in the province. He says that's why the government is moving ahead with a plan to restart the economy and reopen primary schools and daycares.

Federal forecasting data suggests that by May 5, as many as 3,883 people could die due to COVID-19.And by the same date, there could be as many as 66,835 cases in Canada.Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says the initial models released on April 9 under-predicted the number of deaths in Canada.But she says with a large number of outbreaks occurring in long-term care homes, there has been a higher fatality rate.Dr. Theresa Tam says so far, 740,000 tests have been carried out, with about 20,000 people getting tested daily.Seven percent have tested positive.Tam says the new models are p

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says in many parts of Canada the COVID-19 curve has flattened.He says that's the bottom line of new federal modelling data being released today.But he says while the measures taken so far to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus are working, Canadians can't let up.He says a coming national framework for easing up on some of those measures is based on ensuring COVID-19 can be contained.Trudeau says six million surgical masks will be shipped to the provinces and territories this week.He says 100,000 face shields are also on the way soon.Trudeau says ensuring wor

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he toured the damage caused by flooding in Fort McMurray and the province is ready to help.He and Environment Minister Jason Nixon went to northern Alberta on Monday afternoon.The city's entire downtown is under an evacuation order due to high water caused by spring ice breakup on the Athabasca and Clearwater rivers.Northern Lights Regional Health Centre and the nearby Grayling Terrace neighbourhood are exempt from the order.More than 5,000 people have registered at two evacuation centres and the municipality says that number is expected to grow because about

There are 48,500 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. Quebec: 24,982 confirmed (including 1,599 deaths, 5,517 resolved) Ontario: 14,856 confirmed (including 892 deaths, 8,525 resolved) Alberta: 4,696 confirmed (including 75 deaths, 1,664 resolved) British Columbia: 1,998 confirmed (including 103 deaths, 1,137 resolved) Nova Scotia: 900 confirmed (including 24 deaths, 509 resolved) Saskatchewan: 365 confirmed (including 5 deaths, 288 resolved) Manitoba: 261 confirmed (including 6 deaths, 205 resolved), 11 presumptive Newfoundland and Labrador: 258 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 219 resol

Federal officials are warning Canadians who have recovered from COVID-19 against thinking they may be immune to the respiratory illness. While there has been talk in some countries of doling out ``immunity passports'' to those who have had the illness, Canada's chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says the science around immunity is still unknown. Tam says it's expected that those who have had the illness have some type of immunity, but exactly how strong it is and how long it lasts still needs to be determined. Tam says public-health officials across the country are working to better

Nova Scotia is reporting 27 new cases of COVID-19, pushing the number of confirmed cases to 900. Health officials say 12 people are currently in hospital with three of those patients in intensive care. A total of 24 people have died as a result of contracting the virus, with the majority of the deaths occurring in nursing homes. The province says 10 licensed long-term care homes and unlicensed seniors' facilities have cases of COVID-19, involving 198 residents and 95 staff.

Ontario is reporting 424 new COVID-19 cases, and 57 new deaths. That brings the total of cases in the province to 14,856, a 2.9 per cent increase over Sunday's total, continuing several days of lowering growth rates. Ontario's total number of cases includes 892 deaths and 8,525 resolved cases. In long-term care information that comes from a separate database there were 17 more deaths in the previous day and there are now outbreaks in 150 homes.