The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):
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11:10 a.m.
Quebec is reporting 471 new cases of COVID-19 and four additional deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus.
Health officials said one of the deaths was reported in the past 24 hours while three others occurred between Sept. 16-21.
Hospitalizations increased by ten patients for a total of 178, with 30 of those in intensive care.
The province has now reported 69,088 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 5,809 deaths linked to the virus.
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10:55 a.m.
Ontario is reporting 335 new cases of COVID-19 today, along with three new deaths related to the virus.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 102 cases reported in Toronto, 79 in Peel Region and 65 in Ottawa.
She says 69 per cent of the new cases are in people under the age of 40.
The province is reporting an additional 258 cases as resolved today.
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10:55 a.m.
Quebec will not send police into homes without a warrant to break up house parties or private gatherings that don’t respect COVID-19 rules.
Public Security Minister Genevieve Guilbault said today the province is not looking at giving police such powers at this time.
On Tuesday, Quebec Health Minister Christian Dube said the government had not ruled out allowing police to intervene without a warrant, but it would be a last resort.
The province is into a second wave of COVID-19 cases with much of the transmission in the community being driven by private events and gatherings.
The Canadian Press
