The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada
Posted May 13, 2021 8:20 am.
Last Updated May 13, 2021 8:30 am.
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern):
10:15 a.m.
Nunavut is announcing 12 new cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the territory’s active total to 74.
All the cases are in Iqaluit, Nunavut’s capital city of about 8,000 people.
Iqaluit remains under a strict lockdown, with schools, non-essential businesses and workplaces closed.
Four people have been also been hospitalized in Ottawa, with one person in the intensive care unit, as Iqaluit’s hospital, the only in the territory, does not have an ICU.
There have been 137 recoveries since the city’s first case was declared on April 14.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 13, 2021.
The Canadian Press
