By Canadian Press

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Apr 6, 2021 | 8:11 AM

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern):

11:05 a.m.

Nova Scotia is reporting six new cases of COVID-19 today and a total of 36 active cases.

Five cases have been identified in the Halifax area with one related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada, three close contacts of a previously reported case, and one case under investigation.

There is also one case in the province’s eastern health zone identified as a close contact of a previously reported case.

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Health officials say that unrelated to the new cases are four new cases of the variant that first emerged in the United Kingdom that have been identified in the Halifax area and have since been resolved.

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11 a.m.

Prince Edward Island is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 today.

Chief medical officer of health Dr. Heather Morrison says there are eight active reported cases on the Island.

Morrison says two cases reported on March 26 have been confirmed as the B.1.1.7 variant first identified in the United Kingdom.

She says both variant cases are related to travel outside Atlantic Canada.

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10:30 a.m.

Ontario reports 3,065 new cases of COVID-19 and eight more deaths linked to the virus.

Health Minister Christine Elliott says that 955 of those new cases are in Toronto, 561 are in Peel Region, and 320 are in York Region.

She also says there are 165 new cases in Ottawa and 132 in Niagara Region.

More than 76,000 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were administered in Ontario since Monday’s report.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 6, 2021.

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