The latest developments on COVID 19 in Canada
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The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern):
10:50 a.m.
Ontario is reporting 640 new COVID-19 cases today, and 50 more deaths.
That's the largest single-day increase in new cases so far, though the growth rate in total cases remains relatively low, at five per cent.
Ontario has now had 13,519 total cases, including 763 deaths and 7,087 resolved cases.
Long-term care deaths — which are reported in a different database that often doesn't sync up with the total provincial numbers — increased by 57 over the past day.
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10:45 a.m.
Nova Scotia is reporting 23 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 850.
Health officials say 11 people are currently in hospital with three of those patients in intensive care.
The province reported no new deaths on Friday and has registered a total of 16 deaths.
Officials say 392 people have now recovered and their cases of COVID-19 are considered resolved.
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