Today’s coronavirus news: Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario reports 3,535 in hospital, 607 in the ICU, today, and more than 1,000 deaths this month
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Friday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
7:59 p.m. British Columbia recorded another 2,137 cases of COVID-19 on Friday, although health officials have said limited testing capacity means daily numbers are up to five times higher.
Nine more people have died, for a total of 2,597 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
The Health Ministry says 990 people are in hospital, and 141 of them are in intensive care units.
5:26 p.m. The Canadian Press has published a look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada:
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is recommending teenagers with underlying conditions or at high risk of COVID-19 exposure get a booster shot. The advice come...