Canada's death toll from the coronavirus grew by less than 10% for the eighth day in a row, data showed on Monday, and Canada's most populous province prepared to explain how it intends to restart its economy.
FILE PHOTO: One of the forty beds is seen in a mobile hospital set up in partnership with the Canadian Red Cross in the Jacques-Lemaire Arena to help care for patients with the coronavirus disease from long-term centres , in Montreal, Quebec, Canada April 26, 2020. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi
The total number of people killed by the coronavirus in Canada rose by 5% to 2,617 in a day, figures posted by the public health agency showed on Monday. The increase in deaths on Monday was the lowest day-on-day rise seen since the toll jumped by 12% on April 19. Canada’s top medical official said on Sunday she was encouraged by signs the death toll was expanding more slowly.
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