The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Sunday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
4:10 p.m. (updated): Ontario vows that a vaccine booking website launching Monday morning will be up to the task of handling the high demand of eligible applications.
The new portal, which goes live at 8 a.m., will only be available to people who are turning 80 or older this year, Premier Doug Ford said at a rare Sunday briefing, adding that early tests have been “seamless.”
The province has gone to great lengths to ensure the system is robust and can maximize vaccinations, according to retired Gen. Rick Hillier, the head of the province’s vaccine distribution task force.
The Star’s Manuela Vega has more details.
3:15 p.m.: The curfew imposed across Quebec in a bid to quell the spread of COVID-19 is coming under renewed scrutiny as public health experts question whether residents will still be willing to comply with the measure as the days grow longer.
The curfew — which came into effect in early January — has corresponded with a steep decline in the number of new COVID-19 cases reported daily in the province.
It also appears to have broad public support, with 70 per cent of Quebecers in favour of the measure, according to a survey released Tuesday by the province’s public health institute.
3 p.m.: Some provinces are expanding their COVID-19 vaccine rollouts amid what Canada’s chief public health officer describes as a recent increase in the number of new cases across the country.
Dr. Theresa Tam says health officials are observing a rise in new infections after several weeks of levelling off.
Tam expressed concern over an increase in cases linked to more contagious virus variants, as well as a higher infection rate in Canadians age 20 to 39, who she described in a statement as more mobile and socially connected.
Her statement adds urgency to the vaccine effort, which is ramping up in several provinces as more doses arrive.
2 p.m.: Manitoba health officials are reporting one additional death in a person with COVID-19, and 44 new cases of the virus in the province.
The government’s daily pandemic update says the person who died was a man in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region, and that his death is linked to an outbreak at the Southeast Personal Care Home.
Manitoba has 148 patients in hospital due to COVID-19, 23 of whom are in intensive care.
The province’s five-day test-positivity rate is 4.5 per cent provincially and 3.1 per cent in Winnipeg.
1:40 p.m.: Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting five new cases of COVID-19 today.
Three cases are in the Edmunston region, while the Moncton and Fredericton regions each have one new infection.
There are now 37 active cases in the province and one patient is hospitalized.
Since the onset of the pandemic, New Brunswick has had 1,470 cases of COVID-19 and 30 virus-related deaths.
12:45 p.m.: Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday he wishes former President Donald Trump would use his popularity among Republicans to persuade his followers to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
In a round of interviews on the morning news shows, the government’s top infectious disease expert lamented polling showing that Trump supporters are more likely to refuse to get vaccinated, saying politics needs to be separated from “commonsense, no-brainer” public health measures.
Fauci said it would be a “game changer” for the country’s vaccine efforts if the former president used his “incredible influence” among Republicans.
12:40 p.m.: Health officials in Nova Scotia are reporting one new case of COVID-19 today.
The case is in the Central Zone and is related to travel outside Atlantic Canada.
A case reported in the Central Zone Saturday that was under investigation has been removed from the provincial count due to a data entry error, meaning there were four new infections that day rather than five.
As of today, Nova Scotia has 18 active cases of COVID-19.
12:30 p.m.: Rumours and conspiracy theories swirled this past week regarding the whereabouts of Zé Gotinha, the mascot for the nation’s national vaccination program.
The clamour surrounding the costumed Zé Gotinha began Wednesday, after former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva drew attention to his recent absence.
“Where is our beloved Zé Gotinha?” da Silva said in a speech criticizing President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the pandemic.
Zé Gotinha, whose name translates roughly as “Joe Droplet” and who resembles an overgrown Casper the Friendly Ghost, was created in the 1980s to help the health ministry promote vaccination against the polio virus and put children at ease.
12:10 p.m.: Vaughan-based Woodbridge College saw its COVID-19 cases jump from 20 to 29 on Saturday.
The secondary school was already closed for in-person learning from March 10 until March 25.
Initially, a confirmed outbreak was declared on March 7, when both York Region District School Board and York Region Public Health issued an initial notification of exposure to the school’s parents and staff.
“This school is currently experiencing two separate outbreaks simultaneously,” Patrick Casey, director of corporate communications, told Yorkregion.com.
“York Region Public Health is investigating a COVID-19 exposure, which has been identified as a variant of concern (VOC), at Woodbridge College Secondary School as well as an exposure from original strain COVID-19.”
11:50 a.m.: After being among the world’s hardest-hit nations with COVID-19, Chile is now near the top among countries at vaccinating its population against the virus.
With more than 25 per cent of its people having received at least one shot, the country of 19 million on South America’s Pacific coast is the champion of Latin America, and globally it is just behind Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.
That’s a far cry from the beginning of the pandemic, when Chile was criticized over its inability to trace and isolate infected people.
So what is the secret to its success?
11:10 a.m.: Quebec is reporting 674 new cases of COVID-19 as well as five additional deaths linked to the pandemic.
Of those deaths, three occurred in the last 24 hours while the rest happened earlier.
Hospitalizations dropped by four to 547, with 100 people in intensive care, which is six fewer than a day prior.
The province administered 31,611 vaccines on Saturday, and says it has now given a dose to 8.4 per cent of the population.
10:55 a.m.: For the second straight day, Ontario is reporting no new deaths in long-term care so the total number of resident deaths remains at 3,761.
Ontario is reporting four more long-term care homes in outbreak for a total of 84 or 13.4 per cent of all LTC in the province.
10:45 a.m.: Ontario is reporting that there were 41,859 additional vaccine doses administered since its last daily update for a total of 1,158,355 as of 8 p.m. Saturday.
The province says 285,615 people are fully vaccinated which means they have had both shots.
10:30 a.m.: Ontario’s vaccine booking system, which includes an online portal and phone line, is set to go live on Monday morning.
The province says residents aged 80 and older will be able to schedule their shots starting at 8 a.m.
They can do so either at www.ontario.ca/bookvaccine, or by phone at 1-888-999-6488.
The province says vaccines will be offered to other age groups starting in April when its immunization drive enters Phase 2.
Details of the provincial portal come as Ontario reports 1,747 new cases of COVID-19 and 15 virus-related deaths, though officials say the numbers are likely inflated by data catchup efforts.
10:20 a.m. (updated): Ontario is reporting 1,747 more COVID-19 cases, the highest number in more than a month.
The last time the count was this high was on Feb. 1 when 1,969 additional cases were reported. But Sunday’s increase was blamed on data cleanup.
“Today’s case count is higher than expected due to a data catch-up process related to the provincial CCM system,” a health ministry spokesperson said.
The province also reports another 15 deaths.
Locally, there are 545 new cases in Toronto, 352 in Peel and 163 in York Region.
10 a.m.: The rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations across the country is frustrating several groups of workers who identify as front-line employees and want to be bumped up in the queue.
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization makes recommendations for the use of vaccines and groups that should be prioritized, but each province has the responsibility for health care.
“It is frustrating,” said Shelley Morse, president of the Canadian Teachers’ Federation, in Wolfville, N.S.
“We know that (the committee) is calling for prioritization of different working groups. And when they call for people in ‘congregate settings’ to be prioritized that would include teachers and education workers.”
She said the federation’s 300,000 members who work in classrooms are at risk and should be included in the second phase of vaccinations across Canada.
7:01 a.m.: The fever struck Gary Lyon days after he and his wife, Sue, reached their Toronto home early last April, ending what was to have been their 40th wedding anniversary dream vacation.
They were passengers on Coral Princess, one of dozens of cruise ships cast adrift as the COVID-19 pandemic caught fire one year ago. After being rejected at several ports across South America, their ship found its final refuge in Miami, setting off a frenzied set of flights home — through Columbus, Ohio and Newark, N.J.
The Lyons witnessed a chaotic “gong show” of departures in the U.S., especially in Columbus where masked passengers mixed with unmasked drivers waiting on the tarmac at the bottom of the plane’s staircase.
When they arrived in Toronto, the Lyons were impressed by the steps taken to guard against the virus. The plane landed in a remote terminal and its passengers met masked border officials who were efficient.
But they wonder to this day about their taxi driver who declined their offer of a mask.
“We took all the precautions that people had asked us to do, like masks and gloves and luggage that was sprayed and all that stuff. But when I got home — when we got home — what kicked in was fever, body ache, loss of taste and smell,” Gary recalled.
So began a new, challenging health journey for the Lyons, two of the 62,580 Canadian travellers who were brought home from 109 countries as the federal government staged the largest, most elaborate repatriation of stranded Canadians outside of a full-scale war.
They came home on 692 flights and from 36 cruise ships, in an effort that continued until early July last year, Global Affairs Canada said.
6:05 a.m.: Amid a third wave of the coronavirus that is gripping Pakistan’s largest province, Punjab, and the northern part of the country, Pakistani health and administrative authorities have imposed a partial lockdown in affected areas.
Punjab authorities fined scores of marriage halls and restaurants for violating restrictions imposed again to fight the virus.
Officials in the capital, Islamabad, warned citizens that they must wear face masks and maintain social distancing in public.
Pakistan has reported 605,200 cases, including 13,508 deaths.
6:02 a.m.: The moment of truth for Ivan Arinaitwe came when he had to choose among many relatives and friends whom to invite to his wedding. An initial 150 people swelled to 300 as he agonized. No matter how he tried, it would be hard to achieve Uganda’s recommended “scientific” wedding, slimmed down for the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Africa, where weddings often go big, he would invite 1,300 people if he could. Now he worries about how the uninvited might react and the consequences for his family.
“It’s a bit complicated, very complicated actually,” said the employee of a government research agency whose wedding is scheduled for April. “But we have a scapegoat of the COVID-19 pandemic. I will say, ‘It’s not me. It’s what the government has said. If I didn’t invite you, please understand.’”
He is not alone. Many Africans are rethinking big, bountiful weddings amid the economic ravages of the pandemic. In Uganda, an East African country of 45 million where colorful wedding convoys are a street spectacle on weekends, President Yoweri Museveni last year ordered so-called scientific weddings, attended by no more than 10 people, to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
Museveni put on such a wedding for a cousin in July in the lush gardens of the official residence, State House, with the masked couple in socially distanced seats. Even the simple bridal cake looked dismal, unlike the giant tiered cakes that often dominate receptions.
6 a.m.: As states prepared to reopen their economies following coronavirus shutdowns last spring, The Associated Press asked governors across the U.S. for records that could shed light on how businesses and health officials influenced their decisions.
Nine months later, after several more COVID-19 surges and shutdowns, the AP still has not received records from about 20 states. Some outright denied the requests or sought payments the AP declined to make. Others have not responded, or said they still need more time.
Public records have become harder to get since the world was upended by the pandemic a year ago. Governors, legislatures and local officials have suspended or ignored laws setting deadlines to respond to records requests. They cited obstacles for staffers who are working at home or are overwhelmed with crisis management.
The result is that information that once took a few days or weeks to obtain now often takes months — depriving the public of timely facts about decisions their leaders are making.
“The pandemic rages on, but investigative journalism doesn’t halt. The public’s right to know doesn’t cease to exist,” said Gunita Singh, a legal fellow at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, which has tracked nationwide delays in responding to public records requests.
4:02 a.m.: British Columbia’s battered tourism industry is poised for a strong recovery after vaccinations become widespread, but meeting that demand could be a challenge, Scotiabank’s chief economist says.
Jean-Francois Perrault said in an interview that pent-up demand for travel and leisure suggests that Canadians who saved money while under public health restrictions are likely to spend in that sector when it’s safe to do so.
However, he warned that the industry’s capacity coming out of the pandemic may not match that demand, adding the best way government can help is by getting the virus under control as soon as possible.
“The more clarity businesses have as to how and when we’ll have things under control, the easier it will be for them to plan for the future,” said Perrault.
Perrault predicted that recovery will be strongest in popular destinations like British Columbia and Alberta, while those in the Atlantic bubble should also see a drastic shift in demand.
4:01 a.m.: In Canada, the provinces are reporting 105,567 new vaccinations administered for a total of 2,934,007 doses given. Nationwide, 593,331 people or 1.6 per cent of the population has been fully vaccinated. The provinces have administered doses at a rate of 7,741.591 per 100,000.
There were 96,506 new vaccines delivered to the provinces and territories for a total of 3,982,220 doses delivered so far. The provinces and territories have used 73.68 per cent of their available vaccine supply.
Please note that Newfoundland, P.E.I., Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the territories typically do not report on a daily basis.
Newfoundland is reporting 8,864 new vaccinations administered over the past seven days for a total of 33,621 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 64.207 per 1,000. In the province, 1.75 per cent (9,170) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Newfoundland for a total of 54,320 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 10 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 61.89 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
P.E.I. is reporting 2,367 new vaccinations administered over the past seven days for a total of 15,648 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 98.645 per 1,000. In the province, 3.53 per cent (5,603) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to P.E.I. for a total of 19,055 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 12 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 82.12 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
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Nova Scotia is reporting 8,215 new vaccinations administered over the past seven days for a total of 46,891 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 48.049 per 1,000. In the province, 1.60 per cent (15,655) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Nova Scotia for a total of 98,330 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 10 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 47.69 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
New Brunswick is reporting 4,742 new vaccinations administered over the past seven days for a total of 38,483 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 49.335 per 1,000. In the province, 1.56 per cent (12,152) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to New Brunswick for a total of 75,995 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 9.7 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 50.64 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
Quebec is reporting 32,824 new vaccinations administered for a total of 681,487 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 79.644 per 1,000. There were 96,506 new vaccines delivered to Quebec for a total of 948,565 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 11 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 71.84 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
Ontario is reporting 53,586 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,116,496 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 76.009 per 1,000. In the province, 1.94 per cent (284,686) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Ontario for a total of 1,457,005 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 9.9 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 76.63 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
Manitoba is reporting 2,991 new vaccinations administered for a total of 102,473 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 74.417 per 1,000. In the province, 2.31 per cent (31,786) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Manitoba for a total of 159,220 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 12 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 64.36 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
Saskatchewan is reporting 1,624 new vaccinations administered for a total of 100,195 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 84.972 per 1,000. In the province, 2.46 per cent (29,029) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Saskatchewan for a total of 122,685 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 10 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 81.67 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
Alberta is reporting 12,756 new vaccinations administered for a total of 346,135 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 78.631 per 1,000. In the province, 2.08 per cent (91,520) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Alberta for a total of 436,425 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 9.9 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 79.31 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
British Columbia is reporting zero new vaccinations administered for a total of 380,743 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 74.196 per 1,000. In the province, 1.70 per cent (87,024) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to British Columbia for a total of 513,920 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 10 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 74.09 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
Yukon is reporting 1,364 new vaccinations administered for a total of 27,738 doses given. The territory has administered doses at a rate of 664.686 per 1,000. In the territory, 23.50 per cent (9,805) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Yukon for a total of 35,000 doses delivered so far. The territory has received enough of the vaccine to give 84 per cent of its population a single dose. The territory has used 79.25 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
The Northwest Territories are reporting zero new vaccinations administered for a total of 28,208 doses given. The territory has administered doses at a rate of 625.191 per 1,000. In the territory, 24.71 per cent (11,151) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to the Northwest Territories for a total of 35,300 doses delivered so far. The territory has received enough of the vaccine to give 78 per cent of its population a single dose. The territory has used 79.91 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
Nunavut is reporting zero new vaccinations administered for a total of 15,889 doses given. The territory has administered doses at a rate of 410.293 per 1,000. In the territory, 14.85 per cent (5,750) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Nunavut for a total of 26,400 doses delivered so far. The territory has received enough of the vaccine to give 68 per cent of its population a single dose. The territory has used 60.19 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
Notes on data: The figures are compiled by the COVID-19 Open Data Working Group based on the latest publicly available data and are subject to change. Note that some provinces report weekly, while others report same-day or figures from the previous day. Vaccine doses administered is not equivalent to the number of people inoculated as the approved vaccines require two doses per person. The vaccines are currently not being administered to children under 18 and those with certain health conditions. In some cases the number of doses administered may appear to exceed the number of doses distributed as some provinces have been drawing extra doses per vial.
4 a.m.: There are 906,201 confirmed cases in Canada.
Canada: 906,201 confirmed cases (31,224 active, 852,543 resolved, 22,434 deaths). The total case count includes 13 confirmed cases among repatriated travellers.
There were 2,968 new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 82.16 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 21,571 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 3,082.
There were 30 new reported deaths Saturday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 217 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is 31. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.08 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 59.03 per 100,000 people.
There have been 25,787,846 tests completed.
Newfoundland and Labrador: 1,012 confirmed cases (57 active, 949 resolved, six deaths).
There were zero new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 10.92 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of seven new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is one.
There have been no deaths reported over the past week. The overall death rate is 1.15 per 100,000 people.
There have been 210,685 tests completed.
Prince Edward Island: 143 confirmed cases (16 active, 127 resolved, zero deaths).
There were zero new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 10.02 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of four new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is one.
There have been no deaths reported over the past week. The overall death rate is zero per 100,000 people.
There have been 115,704 tests completed.
Nova Scotia: 1,670 confirmed cases (20 active, 1,585 resolved, 65 deaths).
There were four new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 2.04 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 13 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is two.
There have been no deaths reported over the past week. The overall death rate is 6.64 per 100,000 people.
There have been 383,661 tests completed.
New Brunswick: 1,465 confirmed cases (34 active, 1,401 resolved, 30 deaths).
There were zero new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 4.35 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 12 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is two.
There were zero new reported deaths Saturday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of two new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is zero. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.04 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 3.84 per 100,000 people.
There have been 248,130 tests completed.
Quebec: 296,918 confirmed cases (7,153 active, 279,230 resolved, 10,535 deaths).
There were 775 new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 83.42 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 4,994 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 713.
There were nine new reported deaths Saturday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 70 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is 10. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.12 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 122.86 per 100,000 people.
There have been 6,603,460 tests completed.
Ontario: 316,359 confirmed cases (11,818 active, 297,403 resolved, 7,138 deaths).
There were 1,468 new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 80.21 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 9,362 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 1,337.
There were 11 new reported deaths Saturday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 86 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is 12. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.08 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 48.45 per 100,000 people.
There have been 11,502,606 tests completed.
Manitoba: 32,699 confirmed cases (909 active, 30,874 resolved, 916 deaths).
There were 92 new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 65.9 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 530 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 76.
There were four new reported deaths Saturday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 12 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is two. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.12 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 66.41 per 100,000 people.
There have been 553,781 tests completed.
Saskatchewan: 30,522 confirmed cases (1,469 active, 28,648 resolved, 405 deaths).
There were 153 new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 124.63 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 929 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 133.
There was one new reported death Saturday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of nine new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is one. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.11 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 34.36 per 100,000 people.
There have been 605,067 tests completed.
Alberta: 138,036 confirmed cases (4,594 active, 131,502 resolved, 1,940 deaths).
There were 474 new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 103.89 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 2,499 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 357.
There were five new reported deaths Saturday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 24 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is three. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.08 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 43.87 per 100,000 people.
There have been 3,502,952 tests completed.
British Columbia: 86,867 confirmed cases (5,145 active, 80,325 resolved, 1,397 deaths).
There were zero new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 99.95 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 3,215 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 459.
There were zero new reported deaths Saturday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 14 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is two. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.04 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 27.14 per 100,000 people.
There have been 2,029,164 tests completed.
Yukon: 72 confirmed cases (zero active, 71 resolved, one deaths).
There were zero new cases Saturday. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of zero new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is zero.
There have been no deaths reported over the past week. The overall death rate is 2.38 per 100,000 people.
There have been 8,313 tests completed.
Northwest Territories: 42 confirmed cases (one active, 41 resolved, zero deaths).
There were zero new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 2.21 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of zero new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is zero.
There have been no deaths reported over the past week. The overall death rate is zero per 100,000 people.
There have been 15,214 tests completed.
Nunavut: 383 confirmed cases (eight active, 374 resolved, one deaths).
There were two new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 20.33 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of six new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is one.
There have been no deaths reported over the past week. The overall death rate is 2.54 per 100,000 people.
There have been 9,033 tests completed.
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