The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada

Jan 13, 2021 | 9:26 AM

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

11:15 a.m. 

Quebec is reporting 2,071 new cases of COVID-19 today and 35 more deaths attributed to the virus.

Health officials say hospitalizations rose to 1,516 in the last 24 hours and 229 hospitalized people were in intensive care.

The province says it administered 7,855 doses of vaccine yesterday, for a total of 107,365.

Two deaths previously attributed to COVID-19 were removed from the total death toll after they were determined to have been unrelated.

10:30 a.m.

There are 2,961 new cases of COVID-19 in Ontario and 74 more deaths from the virus.

Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 738 new cases in Toronto, 536 in Peel Region, and 245 in Windsor-Essex County.

Ontario is also reporting that more than 11,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered since the last daily update.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 13, 2021.

The Canadian Press