The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):
2:05 p.m.
Manitoba is reporting one new death of a person with COVID-19 and 55 new cases.
Today’s new death — a man in his 60s in the Winnipeg health region — is the 934th person with COVID-19 in Manitoba to die since the pandemic began.
The province reports there are 1,179 active cases, with 140 people in hospital due to COVID-19.
Twenty-seven of those are receiving intensive care.
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11:30 a.m.
The Quebec government is reporting 917 new cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths due to the pandemic, but none in the past 24 hours.
Hospitalizations declined by one to 480, but the number of people in intensive care increased by six to 114.
The province vaccinated 45,745 people in the last 24 hours, and has currently given a vaccine dose to 14.4 per cent of the population.
Some 29,407 tests were completed on Friday, which is the last day for which data is available.
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10:30 a.m.
Ten more people in Ontario have died with COVID-19 as the province reports 2,448 new cases of the disease.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 780 new cases in Toronto.
She says there are also 356 new cases in Peel Region, 278 in York Region, 278 in York Region, 219 in Durham Region and 150 in Ottawa.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 28, 2021.
The Canadian Press
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