National COVID Case total surges past 800,000

Canada crossed another disheartening threshold in the COVID-19 pandemic over the weekend, even as the country’s top doctor said there are hopeful signs with case counts and hospitalizations gradually trending downward. The national tally of total cases since the onset of the global health crisis surpassed 800,000, led by daily reports-from Quebec and Ontario that added 1,081 and 1,489 respectively to the overall count on Sunday. It took just three weeks for Canada to add another 100,000 cases to its national tally.