The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada

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The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 2:00 p.m. Nova Scotia is reporting two new cases of COVID-19 in the province today. Health officials say both cases are in the central health zone, which includes Halifax. Both are connected to previously reported cases, including one linked to the city's cluster in the Clayton Park area. The province has 21 active cases of the novel coronavirus hand as recorded an overall total of 1,144 positive cases, while 1,058 cases are considered recovered and there have been 65 deaths. --- 12:45 p.m. Newfoundland and Labrador his reporting two new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing its total number of active cases to 10. One case involves a man in the eastern health region between 40 and 49 years old who travelled to the province for work from Russia. The second case is also travel-related and involves a man between 20 and 39 in the central health zone who returned to the province from work in Alberta. The province has had 303 cases of the novel coronavirus, while 289 people have recovered and there have been four deaths. --- 11:25 a.m. New Brunswick is reporting three new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of active cases in the province to 22. Public Health says the new cases involve a person between 20 and 29 years-old in the Moncton region, an individual between 20 and 29 in the Saint John area, and a person between 70 and 79 years of age in the Fredericton area. Officials say one of the cases is related to travel and the other two are still under investigation. There have been 367 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus since the outbreak of the pandemic, with 339 people having recovered and six deaths reported. --- 11:05 a.m. Quebec is reporting 1,211 new cases of COVID-19 and 15 additional deaths linked to the novel coronavirus. Public health authorities say two of those deaths took place in the last 24 hours, 11 occurred between Nov. 8 and 13, one was before Nov. 8 and one occurred at an unspecified date. The province has now recorded 123,854 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic and 6,626 total deaths. Officials say hospitalizations went up by four over the past 24 hours for a total of 587. Of that, 89 people are in intensive care, an increase of seven from the previous day. --- 10:45 a.m. Ontario is reporting 1,248 new cases of COVID-19 today, and 29 new deaths due to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 364 cases are in Toronto, 308 in Peel Region and 125 in York Region. The province says it has conducted 44,837 tests since the last daily report. In total, 479 people are hospitalized in Ontario due to COVID-19, including 118 in intensive care. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 15, 2020. The Canadian Press

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