First Nation and Canada Wide COVID-19 Update

Epidemiological summary of COVID-19 cases in First Nations communities as reported to FNIHB on October 16, 2020 at 2:55 p.m. ET for the week of October 11 to October 17, 2020.

Quebec – 0 Cases

Ontario – 29 Cases

Manitoba – 7 Cases

Saskatchewan – 23 Cases

Alberta – 4 Cases

British Columbia – 5 Cases

Canada Wide

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:46 a.m. EDT on Oct. 21, 2020:

There are 204,481 confirmed cases in Canada.

Quebec: 95,216 confirmed (including 6,055 deaths, 80,468 resolved)

Ontario: 66,686 confirmed (including 3,062 deaths, 57,325 resolved)

Alberta: 22,996 confirmed (including 293 deaths, 19,500 resolved)

British Columbia: 11,854 confirmed (including 254 deaths, 9,871 resolved)

Manitoba: 3,491 confirmed (including 42 deaths, 1,703 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 2,439 confirmed (including 25 deaths, 1,987 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,097 confirmed (including 65 deaths, 1,026 resolved)

New Brunswick: 313 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 215 resolved)

Newfoundland and Labrador: 287 confirmed (including 4 deaths, 272 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 64 confirmed (including 60 resolved)

Yukon: 17 confirmed (including 15 resolved)

Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 5 resolved), 3 presumptive

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 204,481 (3 presumptive, 204,478 confirmed including 9,803 deaths, 172,460 resolved)

Ontario. Ontario reported 821 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the highest daily total since surpassing 900 cases in early October. Of the new cases, 327 are Toronto, 136 in Peel, 64 in York Region and 79 in Ottawa. Ontario reported 121 new school-related COVID-19 cases, 75 are students, 22 are staff and 24 have not been identified.

Quebec. Quebec sees a decrease in daily case counts, increase in hospitalizations. Quebec officials reported 877 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, a significant decrease from the 1,038 cases reported a day earlier. There are 272 cases in the Quebec City region, 193 in Montreal.