The latest developments on the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada (all times eastern):
12:15 p.m.
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Nunavut is reporting four new cases of COVID-19 in Nunavut.
All the new cases are in Arviat, the only community in the territory with active COVID-19 cases.
Because of the rise in cases, Arviat’s hamlet council has imposed a curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. each day.
There are 25 active cases of COVID-19 in Nunavut.
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11:15 a.m.
Quebec is reporting 858 new COVID-19 infections and 16 more deaths due to the novel coronavirus.
Health authorities say the number of patients requiring hospitalization has declined by 22 to 633, with eight fewer patients in intensive care.
The latest numbers come as the province began accepting appointments for COVID-19 vaccinations for those 85 and older.
Officials also say primary school students in Quebec’s red pandemic-alert zones — which includes the greater Montreal area — will be required to wear a mask at all times beginning March 8.
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10:40 a.m.
Ontario is reporting 1,138 new cases of COVID-19.
The province is also reporting 1,094 cases have been resolved since yesterday’s update and there have been 23 more deaths linked to the virus.
Ontario is set to release new COVID-19 projections this afternoon.
Dr. Adalsteinn Brown, co-chair of Ontario’s science advisory group, is presenting the data.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 25, 2021.
