The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):
11 a.m.
Quebec is reporting 83 new COVID-19 cases today and three more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus.
Health authorities say hospitalizations rose by three, to 84, and 25 people were in intensive care, a rise of two.
The province says 99,852 COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered Thursday.
Health Minister Christian Dubé, Finance Minister Eric Girard and the Daniel Paré, head of the province’s vaccination campaign are holding a COVID-19 briefing later today at the Montreal headquarters of the province’s lottery commission.
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10:30 a.m.
Ontario reports there are 159 new cases of COVID-19 in the province and 10 more deaths linked to the virus.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 34 new cases in Grey Bruce Region, 25 in the Region of Waterloo, 23 in Toronto and 12 in Peel Region.
The Ministry of Health says 158 people are in intensive care due to the novel coronavirus with 112 people on a ventilator.
Ontario says more than 168,500 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were administered since Thursday’s report, for a total of more than 17.8 million doses in the province.
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10:25 a.m.
Manitoba is starting to offer COVID-19 vaccine doses at provincial campgrounds and beaches.
Temporary pop-up clinics will be run on a rotating basis, beginning today in Duck Mountain Provincial Park and Asessippi Provincial Park.
The shots are available on a walk-in basis to anyone aged 12 and over who is not yet fully immunized.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 16, 2021.
The Canadian Press
