TORONTO — The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):
12.41 p.m.
For the sixth day in a row, there are no active cases of COVID-19 in Nunavut.
Chief public health officer Dr. Michael Patterson says starting Monday, travel restrictions in Arviat will be lifted.
That means there will be no travel restrictions within the territory.
However, residents who leave Nunavut must still complete 14 days of isolation in a government-run isolation hotel in southern Canada.
As of today, 52 per cent of Nunavut’s eligible adult population has received at least one dose of the Moderna vaccine.
To date, 12,884 first doses have been administered in Nunavut and 6,785 second doses.
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12.20 p.m.
Nova Scotia is reporting five new cases of COVID-19 today, as well as a probable case connected to a Halifax area junior high school.
The new infections are in the Halifax area, with two under investigation.
The other three are close contacts of previously reported cases — one of which was identified Thursday at Millwood High School in Middle Sackville.
Health officials say the probable case has been identified at Sackville Heights Junior High School in Lower Sackville.
Nova Scotia is reporting 27 known active cases of COVID-19, and no one is currently in hospital.
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11:35 a.m.
Trade Minister Mary Ng’s office says she discussed the European Union’s vaccine exports to Canada with the EU’s Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis.
Ng underscored the importance of the collaboration with the EU on the continued supply of contracted deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to Canada in light of the amendments to the EU’s rules on vaccine exports.
Dombrovskis said the EU’s measures are focused on ensuring transparency and a balanced approach to vaccination rollout, and are not meant to target Canada.
He didn’t say they won’t affect Canada.
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11:15 a.m.
Quebec is reporting 950 new COVID-19 cases today and seven more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus.
Health authorities say hospitalizations dropped by 15, to 481, and 115 people were in intensive care, a drop of two.
Today is the second consecutive day officials reported more than 900 new infections.
The news comes as the government’s public health institute says the B.1.1.7 variant will become dominant in the province by the first week of April.
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11 a.m.
New federal modelling data shows severity indicators and daily cases of COVID-19 are back on the rise, with incidents highest among young adults.
Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says daily cases have increased more than 30 per cent over the past two weeks, with an average of 29 deaths reported daily.
Tam says that indicates Canada is in a “very tight race” between vaccines and variants of concern, which make up an increasingly high proportion of new cases in several provinces.
The data released today by the Public Health Agency of Canada shows that while the number of cases have declined in Canadians aged 80 and older, incidence rates are highest among young adults aged 20 to 39.
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10:40 a.m.
Ontario reports 2,169 new cases of COVID-19 and 12 more deaths linked to the virus.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 682 new cases in Toronto.
There are also 397 new cases in Peel Region, 254 in York Region, 129 in Ottawa, 123 in Durham Region and 122 in Hamilton.
The province says nearly 83,000 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were administered since Thursday’s daily update.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 26, 2021.
The Canadian Press
