By Canadian Press

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Nov. 18, 2020

Nov 18, 2020 | 8:22 AM

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

11:15 a.m.

Quebec is reporting 1,179 new cases of COVID-19 and 35 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, including eight that occurred in the past 24 hours.

Health officials said today hospitalizations increased by 14, to 652, and 100 people were in intensive care, the same number as the prior day.

The province says 1,299 more people have recovered from COVID-19, for a total of 108,625.

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Quebec has reported 127,233 infections and 6,710 deaths linked to the virus since the start of the pandemic.

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11 a.m.

Nunavut is reporting 10 new cases of COVID-19.

That brings the total number of infections in the territory to 70.

Eight of the new cases are in Arviat, bringing that community’s total to 54.

A two-week shutdown of non-essential businesses, schools and other services starts today across the territory.

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10:45 a.m.

Ontario is reporting 1,417 new cases of COVID-19 and 32 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus.

Health Minister Christine Elliott said today 463 cases are in Peel Region, 410 cases are in Toronto, and 178 are in York Region.

The province says it has conducted 33,440 tests since the last daily report.

In total, 535 people are hospitalized in Ontario due to COVID-19, including 127 in intensive care.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 18, 2020.

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