Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam arrives for a press conference on COVID-19 at West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Canada's chief public health officer says 220,000 people have been tested for COVID-19.
Dr. Theresa Tam says three per cent have been confirmed positive, and 93 per cent confirmed negative.
She says of the over 6,000 cases diagnosed so far, seven per cent have required hospitalization, three per cent are critical, and one per cent have been fatal.