Newswatch COVID-19 Digest: Wednesday February 17, 2021
Here are the latest local, regional and national headlines on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) for Wednesday, February 17, 2021: There have been 287,736 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across Ontario, an increase of 904 (or 0.3 per cent) from the previous day. There are 269,413 people recovered from the virus while 6,719 people have died. The number of Ontario people tested is 10,433,272 of which 15,024 have pending results. Canada’s coronavirus case total is 831,577. The country has 21,397 deaths from the virus – one in the Yukon, one in Nunavut, 1,314 in British Columbia, 1,791 in Alberta, ...