The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern):
1:55 p.m.
Manitoba is reporting 36 new COVID-19 cases.
The five-day test-positivity rate stands at 3.6 per cent provincially and 3.2 per cent in Winnipeg.
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12 p.m.
The federal government is seeking to assure Canadians who mixed and matched vaccines that they will not have a problem crossing borders.
Canadian health authorities have allowed mixing and matching but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been reluctant to sanction the practice, saying it should only be done in “exceptional situations.”
The different view raises questions about how easily Canadians who mixed and matched will be able to cross into the United States once it opens its land borders to its northern neighbour.
Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc says he believes data sharing and conversations between nations will lead to an “evolution” and “adjustment” of the more conservative approach of some countries.
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11:50 a.m.
New Brunswick is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 today.
Health officials say there are seven active cases in the province and no one is hospitalized with the disease.
Officials say about 59.7 per cent of New Brunswickers aged 12 and older are fully vaccinated and 80.7 per cent have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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11:45 a.m.
Health officials say Prince Edward Island is free of COVID-19.
Officials are reporting no active cases on the Island.
Chief medical officer of health Dr. Heather Morrison says the last new case of COVID-19 was reported June 30.
She says more than 191,000 applications have been received for a P.E.I. Pass, which allows people travel to the Island, adding that 46 per cent of applications are from Atlantic Canadians.
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11 a.m.
Quebec is reporting 76 new cases of COVID-19 today and no additional deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus.
The Health Department says hospitalizations dropped by one, to 77, and 21 people were in intensive care, a drop of two.
Authorities say 82,153 doses of vaccine were administered Monday, and Quebec’s public health institute says 83 per cent of residents over 12 have received at least one dose of vaccine and 56.1 per cent are adequately vaccinated.
The institute says there have been no reported deaths linked to the novel coronavirus in the province since July 15.
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10 a.m.
The Nunavut government says Iqaluit’s COVID-19 outbreak is officially over after nearly a month with no new cases.
It has been 28 consecutive days without cases, which meets the threshold for the outbreak to be declared over.
Iqaluit’s first case of the pandemic was reported on April 15 and swelled to 253 cases in the northern city of about 8,000 people.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 20, 2021.
The Canadian Press
