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By the numbers: COVID-19 cases update for Sudbury, Ontario and Canada

Canada nearing 1,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus
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It has been three days since Ontario Premier Doug Ford enacted a provincewide state of emergency in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Here in Sudbury, there are still just two confirmed cases of COVID-19. The first positive test was announced on March 10 in a man in his 50s. Public Health has said it is most likely the man became infected at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference in Toronto the first week of March.  

The second case, a woman in her 60s, was announced on March 15. Public Health said the woman had close contact with the original case.

As of March 19 at 5 p.m., the city's public health unit said it was aware of 297 tests for the virus having been conducted. That's 47 more tests than were reported on March 18.

As of 1:45 p.m. on March 20, Ontario has 308 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, with the province's second death related to COVID-19 being confirmed on March 19.

New cases are popping up in different parts of the province, and Timmins just reported its first case of COVID-19 late Thursday evening.

At the provincial level, there have been nearly 20,000 patients approved for COVID-19 testing, with 13,781 tests coming back negative, 308 coming back positive and another 5,485 that are still under investigation.

As of 11:30 a.m. Friday, March 20, Canada had 923 cases (882 confirmed casesand 41 presumptive cases) of COVID-19, including 12 deaths and 10 resolved cases.


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