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):
11:05 a.m.
A hospital at the centre of a COVID-19 outbreak in northwestern New Brunswick says it is currently treating 13 patients with the infection.
The Edmundston Regional Hospital says seven of those patients are in its nine bed intensive care unit, with five of those patients on respirators.
So far the hospital has transferred two patients to a hospital in Fredericton.
The Edmundston and the Upper Madawaska region went under full lockdown as of midnight after 15 of 19 new COVID-19 cases announced in the province on Saturday were identified in the area.
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10:45 a.m.
Ontario has set a new single-day high for new COVID-19 cases in the province.
Government figures show 4,456 new infections over the last 24 hours, along with 21 new virus-related deaths.
The previous new daily record stood at just over 4,200 and was reached on Friday.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says there were 1,353 new cases in Toronto, a sharp jump of nearly 400 from the day before.
There are 1,513 patients currently in Ontario hospitals due to COVID-19, with 605 in intensive care and 382 on a ventilator.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 11, 2021.