Newswatch COVID-19 Digest: Thursday May 27, 2021 – Cornwall Newswatch

Here are the latest local, regional and national headlines on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) for Thursday, May 27, 2021:

There have been 526,045 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across Ontario, an increase of 1,095 cases from the previous day. There have been 499,640 people recovered from the virus while 8,678 have died. The number of Ontario people tested is 15,065,732 of which 18,518 have pending results.

Canada’s coronavirus case total is 1,368,106. The country has 25,361 deaths from the virus – two in the Yukon, four in Nunavut, 1,683 in British Columbia, 2,198 in Alberta, 528 in Saskatchewan, 1,035 in Manitoba, 8,678 in Ontario, 11,105 in Quebec, 43 in New Brunswick, six in Newfoundland & Labrador and 79 in Nova Scotia.