The latest news on COVID 19 developments in Canada
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The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):
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11:55 a.m.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's told premiers that while his government will always be there to help, federal resources are not "infinite."
Trudeau says he's heard from premiers about the challenges they're facing, but he says making tough choices now will reduce the chance of facing "impossible decisions" later.
He says his government is committed to collaborating on the distribution of a potential vaccine, though the fight against COVID-19 is far from over.
Trudeau says Canada reached a new daily high of 5,000 new COVID-19 cases yesterday.
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11:23 a.m.
Health officials in Nova Scotia have identified two new cases of COVID-19.
That brings the province's total number of active cases to 19.
One of the new cases is in the province's northern zone and is related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada.
The other case is in the central zone and is under investigation, though officials say it is not linked to a recent cluster of cases reported in the west end of Halifax.
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11:15 a.m.
The Canadian Medical Association is sounding the alarm about an impending "crisis" as the rising tide of COVID-19 cases pushes parts of the health-care system to near or full capacity.
The association says medical workers are getting "the short end of the stick" in the face of insufficient measures to slow the spread of the virus.
The doctors' group says the health of Canadians must take precedence over economic concerns.
The association called on political leaders to implement "difficult but necessary" measures that public health officials have recommended
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11:13 a.m.
Quebec is reporting 1,301 new cases of COVID-19 and 30 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, nine of which occurred in the past 24 hours.
Health officials say the number of hospitalizations remains stable today at 583 with 85 people in intensive care, a drop of one.
Quebec has reported a total of 121,195 infections and 6,586 deaths linked to the virus.
Authorities say one death previously attributed to COVID-19 has been determined to be unrelated.
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10:45 a.m.
There are 1,396 new cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, with 17 deaths related to the virus.
Today's new case total is a decrease from Thursday's record daily high of 1,575.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 440 new cases in Toronto, 440 in Peel and 155 in York Region.
Toronto is set to move to Ontario's red zone of tiered restrictions tomorrow while imposing its own measures that will extend some restrictions that are already in place.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 13, 2020.