AIR CANADA The latest news on COVID-19 developments in
Air Canada Flight 626 on
Officials are asking passengers who sat in rows 18 to 24 and in seats A, B and C to call 811 for advice and to continue to self-isolate.
Officials say anyone exposed to the virus on this flight may develop symptoms up to and including
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Two of the new cases are in the
Officials say the two cases in the
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Health officials have announced a woman in her 80s is the latest death connected to
Eighteen people at
There were 100 new infections announced Monday, the vast majority in the capital city, which is under enhanced restrictions after a stark increase in infections during recent months.
Dr.
There are 80 people in hospital and 15 people in intensive care.
There have been 4,349 cases in
Fifty-five people have died.
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The new confirmed case is a woman in her 50s who returned to the province from work in
Public health officials say she has been self-isolating and contact tracing is underway.
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All of the
Municipal Affairs Minister
She had interacted during the previous week with Premier
Kenney received his negative test result last Thursday, but has said he would continue to isolate at home for a week as a precaution.
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Health officials say the new case is in the central health zone and the person is a close contact of a previously reported travel-related case.
There have been 65 deaths since the onset of the pandemic.
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Officials say an outbreak of COVID-19 at a
The outbreak at
Justice officials say five staff at other facilities and one inmate at a youth correctional facility have also tested positive.
Justice Minister
He says inmates and guards are required to wear masks and interactions between people has been limited.
The opposition New Democrats and union leaders have been critical of the provincial response to the pandemic behind bars, saying it puts inmates and guards at risk.
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Two of those deaths were in the past 24 hours, while six were from last week and the two others were from an unknown date.
The number of hospitalizations dropped by eight from a day earlier to 543, and the number of patients in intensive care cases decreased by four to 93.
The province has now recorded 100,922 COVID-19 infections and 6,153 deaths — the highest in the country.
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Health Minister
The province says it has conducted 28,652 tests since the last daily report, with an additional 17,603 being processed.
In total, 295 people are hospitalized in
Meanwhile, Premier
Ford had said Friday that the experts would look at the caseload in Halton and
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A coalition of about 200 Quebec gym, yoga, dance studio and martial arts business owners say they intend to reopen their doors on Thursday in defiance of provincial health restrictions.
The businesses are calling on
In a statement, they say their facilities were not the source of COVID-19 outbreaks and they contribute to the overall physical and mental health of the population.
They say the lockdown measures will force them out of business after they've made significant investments to comply with health rules.
They plan to reopen across the province, but will back down if health authorities are able to demonstrate by Thursday that their operations are sources of outbreaks.
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