No fewer than 100 deaths related to COVID-19 were recorded Wednesday in Canada, the vast majority in Quebec.
By midday, Canada had 93,043 cases of COVID-19 to date, 667 more than the previous day, while 7,495 people lost their lives as a result of complications from the disease.
Quebec alone has reported 81 more deaths for a total of 4,794 to date. It should be noted, however, that 22 of these deaths occurred before May 27, more than a week ago.
Ontario was the only other province in the country, at midday, to have reported deaths. The province now has 2,312 dead, 19 more than the day before.
The most populous province in the country, however, reported more new cases (+ 338) than Quebec (+ 291) for the third day in a row. Ontario is facing a major upsurge in the epidemic, brought on by infections of agricultural workers working in the southwest of the province.
Quebec, for its part, announced fewer than 300 cases for the third day in a row. There have not been as few patients diagnosed in the province on a daily basis since around March 21, when there were only 214 citizens infected with coronavirus.
On the Maritime side, two new cases have been reported in New Brunswick. The province, which appeared to have brought the virus under control, is facing a new outbreak in the Campbellton area, which has been linked to a doctor who went to Quebec to pick up his daughter.
Quebec: 51,884 cases (4,794 deaths)
Ontario: 29,047 cases (2,312 deaths)
Alberta: 7,057 cases (143 deaths)
British Columbia: 2,601 cases (165 deaths)
Nova Scotia: 1057 cases (60 deaths)
Saskatchewan: 646 cases (11 deaths)
Manitoba: 298 cases (7 deaths)
Newfoundland and Labrador: 261 cases (3 deaths)
New Brunswick: 133 cases
Prince Edward Island: 27 cases
Yukon: 11 cases
Northwest Territories: 5 cases
Nunavut: 0 cases
Canadian returnees: 13 cases
Total: 93,043 (7,495 deaths)
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