Here are the latest local, regional and national headlines on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) for Saturday, February 27, 2021:
There have been 298,569 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across Ontario, an increase of 1,258 (or 0.4 per cent) from the previous day. There are 281,331 people recovered from the virus while 6,944 people have died. The number of Ontario people tested is 10,936,552 of which 35,502 have pending results.
Canada’s coronavirus case total is 861,472. The country has 21,915 deaths from the virus – one in the Yukon, one in Nunavut, 1,355 in British Columbia, 1,877 in Alberta, 380 in Saskatchewan, 889 in Manitoba, 6,944 in Ontario, 10,372 in Quebec, 26 in New Brunswick, five in Newfoundland & Labrador and 65 in Nova Scotia.