The latest news on COVID 19 developments in Canada for Friday, March 12, 2021
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The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):
11:15 a.m.
Quebec is reporting 753 new COVID-19 cases and nine more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus.
Health officials say hospitalizations dropped by 13, to 550, and 106 people were in intensive care, a drop of five.
The province administered nearly 29,000 vaccine doses on Thursday, for a total of 648,663.
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10:50 a.m.
Ontario reports 1,371 new cases of COVID-19 and 18 more deaths linked to the virus.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says that 371 of those new cases are in Toronto.
She also says there are also 225 new cases in Peel Region, 111 in York Region and 109 in Hamilton.
Ontario says that 43,503 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were administered since the last daily report.
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10:40 a.m.
Nova Scotia is reporting one new case of COVID-19.
Health officials say the case is in the eastern region of the province.
They are also reporting two more recoveries from COVID-19, bringing the active reported case count to 17.
Nova Scotia says as of March 11, it had administered roughly 47,000 doses of vaccine, of which over 15,600 were booster shots.
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10:35 a.m.
Health officials in Prince Edward Island are easing COVID-19 restrictions across the province.
Officials say starting tomorrow and until mid-April, limits on household gatherings will increase from six people to 10 people.
They say restaurants will be able to seat groups of up to 10 people and must close at 12 a.m.
Concerts, movie theatres and places of worship will be able to operate with a maximum of 200 people.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 12, 2021.