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Dr. Theresa Tam: 740,000 tests have been carried out, 7 per cent have tested positive

The chief public health officer for Canada is giving an update this hour on national projections for the spread of COVID-19. Dr. Theresa Tam says so far, 740,000 tests have been carried out, with about 20,000 people getting teste...

Nova Scotia has 3 deaths reported at the Northwood long term care home in Halifax

Nova Scotia is reporting three more deaths related to COVID-19, bringing the province's total to 27. Health officials are also reporting 15 new cases of the virus bringing the total of confirmed cases to 915. The province says th...

Ontario reports an increase of 3.5 per cent of COVID-19 cases

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 ...

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83 new COVID-19 deaths in Quebec, total number rises to 1,682

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-t...

COVID-19 modelling shows curve flattening; up to 3,883 deaths by May 5

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...

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COVID-19 numbers improving, Trudeau says, but too soon to life restrictions

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...

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Kenney offers support to Fort McMurray as floods chase people from downtown

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 d...

Lorry driver on sanitisation mission against COVID-19

A lorry driver here has been voluntarily doing sanitisation work by spraying sodium hypochlorite liquid on roads and vehicles passing by since March 26. Raveendra Reddy from Gannavaram village in Krishna district believes that act...

Canada: 48,500 COVID-19 cases and 2,707 deaths

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...