First Nation and Canada Wide COVID-19 Update

Epidemiological summary of COVID-19 cases in First Nations communities as reported to FNIHB on September 9, 2020 at 10:35 a.m. ET for the week of September 6 to September 12, 2020.

Quebec – 1 Cases

Ontario – 0 Cases

Saskatchewan – 0 Cases

Alberta – 4 Cases

British Columbia – 17 Cases

Canada Wide

7,775 active COVID-19 cases in Canada: 138,803 diagnoses, 9,188 deaths and 121,840 recoveries (as of Sept. 15, 8 p.m. ET)

Alberta - 1,491 active cases (15,957 total cases, including 254 deaths, 14,212 resolved)

British Columbia - 1,609 active cases (7,376 total cases, 219 deaths, 5,548 resolved)

Manitoba - 269 active cases (1,466 total cases, 16 deaths, 1,181 resolved)

New Brunswick - 3 active cases (194 cases, 2 deaths, 189 resolved)

Newfoundland and Labrador - 2 active cases (271 total cases, 3 deaths, 266 resolved)

Northwest Territories - 0 active cases (5 total cases, 5 resolved)

Nova Scotia - 1 active cases (1,086 total cases, 65 deaths 1,020 resolved)

Ontario - 2,157 active cases (45,068 total cases, 2,820 deaths, 40,091 resolved)

Prince Edward Island - 1 active case (57 total cases, 56 resolved)

Quebec - 2,341 active cases (65,554 total cases, 5,785 deaths, 57,428 resolved)

Saskatchewan - 101 active cases (1,741 total cases, 24 deaths, 1,616 resolved)

Yukon - 0 active cases (15 total cases, 15 resolved)

Nunavut - 0 active cases (4 false positive cases)

CFB Trenton - 0 active cases (13 total cases, 13 resolved)

September 15, 2020

Ontario. There are 251 new cases of COVID-19 that have been reported in Ontario on Tuesday. Deputy Premier and Minister of Health Christine Elliott said that the hotspots for new cases continue to be Toronto, Ottawa and Peel public health regions.

Quebec. In Quebec, there were 292 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the last 24-hour reporting period, as well as five more deaths related to the virus. The province also published an update to how COVID-19 has impacted schools; 283 infections have been reported in 172 schools, and 144 classrooms have been closed due to the virus. Students account for 217 of the in-school infections, while a further 66 are staff members.

Atlantic Provinces. Prince Edward Island was the only province to see new cases in Atlantic Canada on Tuesday. There were no new cases in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia or New Brunswick.

Manitoba. There were 17 new cases of COVID-19 identified in Manitoba on Tuesday.