Canada posts one of its smallest daily increases in coronavirus deaths
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A
worker looks out after police officers placed butterfly stickers on
windows at Orchard Villa Retirement Residence on Mother's Day, after
several residents died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in
Pickering, Ontario, Canada May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
OTTAWA
(Reuters) - The total number of people killed by the coronavirus in
Canada rose by 2.2% to 4,728 on Sunday, one of the lowest daily
increases since the outbreak started, official public health agency data
showed.
“We have come a long way in a short time since the
COVID-19 pandemic was declared and our efforts have undoubtedly
prevented wider spread of the virus across the country,” chief public
health officer Theresa Tam said in a statement.
The figure for
those diagnosed with the coronavirus rose to 67,996. On Saturday there
were 4,628 deaths and 66,780 positive diagnoses.
Separately,
Ontario - the most populous of the 10 provinces - reported just 294 new
cases on Sunday, the lowest day-on-day advance since March 31.
Several
provinces are moving to gradually reopen businesses that were shut down
to fight the outbreak, throwing millions out of work.
Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday that if provinces acted too
quickly, a second wave of the pandemic could send Canada “back into
confinement this summer”.
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