OTTAWA:Canada's cumulative Covid-19 cases surpassed 850, 000 as of Tuesday noon, with the total hitting 851, 231, including 21, 747 deaths, according to CTV.
Ontario reported 975 new cases of Covid-19 Tuesday morning, pushing the province's case total to 295, 119, including 6, 884 deaths and 277, 939 recoveries, the Xinhua news agency reported.
The Ontario government said the province's Covid-19 positivity rate stands at 4.2 per cent. The seven-day average for the number of cases reported is 1, 050, up from the 1, 038 reported a week ago today.
The government also said there are currently 10, 296 active Covid-19 cases across the province and the total number of confirmed Covid-19 variants remains unchanged from Monday's report of 400.
Of the 400 confirmed Covid-19 variants in Ontario, 390 are B.1.1.7, nine are B.1.351 and one is P.1.
As of Tuesday, 247, 042 people have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in Ontario.
Meanwhile, Quebec reported 739 more cases of Covid-19 Tuesday morning, bringing the total Covid-19 case number in the province to 283, 666, including 10, 330 deaths and 265, 456 recoveries.
The province's seven-day daily case increase is 783 and has 7, 880 active cases. And 365, 978 doses of vaccine have been administered in the province.