The latest news on COVID 19 developments in Canada for Tuesday, March 30
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The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):
11:40 a.m.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Pfizer-BioNTech has confirmed it will move up delivery of five million vaccine doses to June from later in the summer.
The earlier shipment period will boost the number of Pfizer doses received by the end of that month to 18 million doses.
Procurement Minister Anita Anand says the accelerated schedule means Canada will receive about 44 million vaccine doses in total by the end of June, more than enough for every Canadian to receive at least one shot.
By the end of this week, Canada will have received about 9.5 million vaccine doses from three manufacturers, with 3.2 million doses arriving this week alone.
11:05 a.m.
Quebec is reporting 864 new cases of COVID-19 today and seven additional deaths linked to the novel coronavirus, including one within the past 24 hours.
The Health Department says the number of hospitalizations rose by 10 to 487, while the number of people in intensive care rose by six to reach 126.
Health authorities say 38,801 doses of vaccine were administered yesterday for a total of 1,261,855.
Quebec has reported 310,066 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 10,658 deaths linked to the disease.
10:45 a.m.
Ontario reports 2,336 new cases of COVID-19 today and 14 more deaths linked to the virus.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says that there are 727 new cases in Toronto, 434 in Peel Region and 229 in York Region.
She also says there are 194 new cases in Durham Region, 144 in Ottawa and 123 in Hamilton.
Ontario says that 1,090 people are currently hospitalized with the virus, 387 are in intensive care, and 249 people are on a ventilator.
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10:45 a.m.
Health officials in Prince Edward Island are reporting three new cases of COVID-19 today.
They involve two people under 19 and one person in their 40s who are all close contacts of previous cases.
There are now 14 active cases in P.E.I. and 94 close contacts are in isolation.
There have been 159 positive cases of COVID-19 in the province since the onset of the pandemic.
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10:50 a.m.
Nova Scotia health officials are reporting three new cases of COVID-19.
They say one case is in the health zone including Halifax and is a close contact of a previously reported case.
The second case is in the northern part of the province and is under investigation, while the third was identified in the eastern region and is related to travel outside Atlantic Canada.
Officials say Nova Scotia now has 24 active infections.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 30, 2021.