The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 13, 2020:
— Ontario: 60 confirmed (five cases resolved)
— British Columbia: 53 confirmed, including one death (six cases resolved)
— Alberta: 23 confirmed
— Quebec: 17 confirmed
— New Brunswick: one confirmed
— Manitoba: three presumptive
— Saskatchewan: one presumptive
— Canadians quarantined at CFB Trenton: one confirmed
— Total: 159 (155 confirmed, four presumptive; 11 cases resolved)
Concerns about possible exposure to COVID-19 forced Justin Trudeau to cancel a face-to-face meeting with first ministers but he'll still get an earful — over the phone Friday — from premiers demanding massive federal aid to confront the health and economic impacts of the novel coronavirus.
A two-year-old who recently returned from a family vacation in Florida is among four new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Alberta, prompting a daycare in a downtown Calgary office tower to temporarily shut down.
WINNIPEG - Manitoba announced its first presumptive cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, and officials are warning people to stop shaking hands, rethink travel plans and reconsider attending large public events.
The Bank of Canada prepared to increase the cash it pumps into the financial system and Finance Minister Bill Morneau stressed the need for fiscal measures to manage the impact of COVID-19 as official Ottawa responded to another market plunge.
The British Columbia Review Board is considering whether a psychiatric hospital director should have the discretion to allow limited, unescorted access into the community for a man who was found not criminally responsible in the killing of his three children.
A resident and a worker at a retirement home in West Vancouver have both tested positive for COVID-19, marking the spread of the novel coronavirus to a second care home in British Columbia.