Breaking Update
Quebec health officials have announced four more fatalities in the province, to go along with 42 new cases.
Shortly after, another death was reported in the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit in Ontario, which marks the province’s third fatality.
The individual was a man in his 70s, who was a close contact of the province’s first COVID-19-related death. There were both treated at Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie, Ont.
Earlier in the day, Ontario reported another 59 new cases, bringing the provinces total to 377.
In Quebec, the four patients were all living in the same seniors residence, said Premier François Legault.
It brings the province’s totals to five deaths and 181 COVID-19 diagnoses. The 42 new cases marks the largest daily increase Quebec has reported since the start of the outbreak.
Among the new cases, there is one each in the regions of Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean, Mauricie and Estrie. There are three in Québec City, 10 in Montreal, seven in Chaudière-Appalaches, four in Laurentians, five in Montérégie, and two each in Outaouais, Lanaudiere and Laval.
Regional information for four more cases has not yet been disclosed.
As of March 21, Quebec has also had 9,242 negative COVID-19 tests, while 1,512 people are still under investigation. Among the 181 confirmed cases are the five fatalities, and one person who has since recovered.
Total COVID-19 cases in Canada: 1189
- Ontario - 377 cases, including 3 deaths (6 resolved)
- British Columbia - 348 cases, including 9 deaths (6 resolved)
- Alberta - 195 cases, including 1 death (3 resolved)
- Quebec - 181 cases, including 5 death (1 resolved)
- New Brunswick - 11 cases
- Manitoba - 18 cases
- Saskatchewan - 26 cases
- Prince Edward Island - 2 cases
- Newfoundland and Labrador - 4 cases
- Nova Scotia - 15 cases
- CFB Trenton - 12 cases
Authorities in Canada are working to contain the spread of COVID-19, which the World Health Organization deemed a pandemic earlier this month.
On March 20, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Theresa Tam said there have been at least 66,000 people who have been tested for the novel coronavirus across the country.
Canadians have contracted the disease while travelling in other countries such as China, Iran, Italy, Egypt and the United States, among other destinations. Certain cases in Canada, which are linked to travel, have led to human-to-human transmission between close contacts. Canadians has also seen signs of community spread, meaning some patients have no recent travel history or close contact with someone who either has COVID-19 or has been to a highly infected area. Therefore, it’s unknown how they contracted the disease.
Signs of community spread have been reported in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan.
Because of the outbreak, each of Canada’s provinces and territories, excluding Nova Scotia, have declared either a public health or state emergency.
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