The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern):
4:45 p.m.
British Columbia has recorded 63 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 48 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 1,266.
Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, says a man in his 40s has also died.
Thirty-nine people have died in the province since the pandemic began.
Henry says 783 people have recovered.
She says there is an outbreak of the virus at the federal prison in Mission, where two inmates have tested positive.
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3:55 p.m.
Saskatchewan is reporting four new cases of COVID-19.
The province now has a total of 253 cases.
It says four people are in hospital, with two of those patients in intensive care.
To date, 81 people have recovered from the illness.
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2:45 p.m.
The COVID-19 pandemic has reached Ontario's remote First Nations.
A statement from the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority says a positive case has surfaced in Eabametoong First Nation.
The community is about 300 kilometres north of Thunder Bay.
The health authority says the arrival of the virus will put a strain on a social and health-care system poorly equipped to handle the added stress......
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