The unrelenting climb in COVID-19 cases in Canada continued on March 26 amid tightening restrictions aimed at curbing the pandemic as experts warned against prescribing or using unproven cures for the disease which has killed 37 people and infected close to 4,000 others.
Despite the surge, Canada’s chief public health officer, Theresa Tam, said the health system has been coping but warned of the dangers facing seniors in nursing homes.