Canada CCP Virus Toll Rises, Officials Probe Seniors’ Home Deaths

A frontline healthcare worker attends people at the Etobicoke General Hospital drive-thru COVID-19 assessment centre, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on April 9, 2020. Carlos Osorio/Reuters

OTTAWA—The number of Canadian deaths from the CCP virus rose by more than 12 percent to 674 in a day, official data showed on Sunday, and Quebec officials opened a probe into the deaths of 31 people in a seniors’ residence.

The public health agency said that by 11:00 eastern time, the total number of positive COVID-19 diagnoses had risen to 23,719. The respective figures at the same time on Saturday were 600 deaths and 22,559 cases.