By Canadian Press

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, Feb. 15, 2021

Feb 15, 2021 | 8:30 AM

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern):

11:15 a.m.

Quebec is reporting 728 new cases of COVID-19 today and 16 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, including five in the previous 24 hours.

Health officials say hospitalizations dropped by one, to 804, and 136 people were in intensive care, a rise of four.

Quebec says it administered 912 doses of COVID-19 vaccine Sunday, for a total of 294,886. Health Minister Christian Dube says 90,000 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines are expected this week.

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The province has reported a total of 277,518 COVID-19 cases and 10,229 deaths linked to the virus. Quebec has 9,855 active reported cases of COVID-19.

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10:30 a.m.

Nova Scotia is reporting one new case of COVID-19 today.

Health officials say the new case was identified in the health region that includes Halifax and that the individual is isolating.

Premier Stephen McNeil says the recently low daily case count is proof the province’s public health orders are working.

The province says it completed 1,620 COVID-19 tests yesterday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 15, 2021.

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