Decision on further border restrictions coming shortly, says federal health official cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Here are the latest local, regional and national headlines on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) for Friday, April 16, 2021:
There have been 403,571 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across Ontario, an increase of 4,736 cases from the previous day. There have been 357,591 people recovered from the virus while 7,639 have died. The number of Ontario people tested is 13,358,225 of which 39,682 have pending results.
The 4,736 new Ontario cases Thursday was a new record for a daily high case count since the pandemic began in March 2020.
Canada’s coronavirus case total is 1,096,716. The country has 23,500 deaths from the virus – one in the Yukon, four in Nunavut, 1,524 in British Columbia, 2,034 in Alberta, 460 in Saskatchewan, 955 in Manitoba, 7,639 in Ontario, 10,778 in Quebec, 33 in New Brunswick, six in Newfoundland & Labrador and 66 in Nova Scotia.
Atwal says COVID cases have doubled, anticipating more - CHVNRadio: Southern Manitoba s hub for local and Christian news, and adult contemporary Christian programming chvnradio.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chvnradio.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Daily Chase: Markets shake off COVID gloom; China reports record GDP figures VIDEO SIGN OUT
In our morning editorial call today, Jon Erlichman remarked on the bizarre times weâre living in, with Canadian and U.S. stocks closing at fresh all-time highs yesterday while thereâs a distinct feeling of COVID gloom in this country. The latest: our CTV News colleagues are reporting Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his cabinet are âactively consideringâ a range of additional restrictions amid new modeling thatâs expected to show the province could be on track for up to 18,000 new cases per day by the end of next month. The measures under consideration reportedly include a curfew, as well as a stricter clampdown on retail operations and penalties for businesses that bring in non-essential staff. In the stock market, meanwhile, futures are pointing to a mixed open. On top of all of that, we can layer Mondayâs federal budget. Have to imagine the landscape
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