FILE. Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam.
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January 16, 2021 - 11:25 AM
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):
11:30 a.m.
Nova Scotia is reporting four new cases of COVID-19 today, including two cases involving university students.
Health officials say the one case in the eastern zone is related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada -- a student at Cape Breton University in Sydney who lives off campus and is self-isolating.
The three other cases are in the Halifax area, with one a contact of a previously reported case and the other two related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada, including a student at Dalhousie University who lives off campus.
The province now has 30 active cases of the virus, with no one currently in hospital.
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11:15 a.m.
Quebec is reporting 2,225 new COVID-19 cases and 67 further deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus.
The number of hospitalizations dropped for a second day, this time by 22 for a total of 1,474 patients, and four fewer patients in intensive care for a total of 227.
The province added 2,430 more recoveries, for a total of 210,364.
The province has now reported 240,970 confirmed infections and 9,005 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
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10:45 a.m.
Ontario is reporting 3,056 new cases of COVID-19 today along with 51 new deaths related to the virus.
Health Minister Christine Elliot says 903 of the latest diagnoses are in Toronto, with 639 in neighbouring Peel region and 283 in York Region.
The province says 1,632 COVID-19 patients are currently in hospital, with 397 in intensive care.
Elliott says the province had administered 189,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine as of 8 p.m. on Friday.
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10:30 a.m.
Ontario says a shipping delay from Pfizer BioNTech means residents who receive an initial dose of the company's COVID-19 vaccine will have to wait longer than expected to receive their second one.
The government says long-term care residents and staff who have been inoculated already will wait up to an extra week before a second dose is administered.
Anyone else receiving the Pfizer vaccine was initially supposed to get a second dose after 21 days, but will now see that timetable extended to a maximum of 42 days.
The government says it's on track to ensure all long-term care residents, essential caregivers and staff, the first priority group for the vaccine, receive their first dose by mid-February.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 16, 2021.
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