By Canadian Press

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada on Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Jun 15, 2021 | 8:39 AM

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

11:20 a.m.

The Quebec government is reporting 105 new cases of COVID-19 and six additional deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus.

Hospitalizations declined by five to 209, while the number of people in intensive care fell by four to 50.

The province gave 86,880 vaccine doses in the previous 24 hours and added another 4,852 from earlier to its tally, for a total of 6,883,110 doses administered.

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Currently, 69.2 per cent of Quebecers have received at least one dose.

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11:15 a.m.

Ontario reported 296 cases of COVID-19 today and 13 more deaths from the virus.

Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 62 new cases in Peel Region, 60 in Toronto and 45 in Waterloo Region.

The numbers are based on 17,162 tests.

The province says 433 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Tuesday morning.

The province says 184,989 COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered yesterday for a total of more than 11.5 million doses.

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11:10 a.m.

Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin says his province is lifting its border restrictions and opening to the rest of Atlantic Canada on June 23.

The move means residents of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador can travel to Nova Scotia and will not be required to self-isolate for 14 days on entering the province.

Rankin says discussions are continuing with the other Atlantic premiers on co-ordinating an opening to the rest of Canada.

He says Nova Scotia is currently on track to open to the rest of Canada no later than July 14.

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10:30 a.m.

Nunavut is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 today.

There are eight active cases in the territory, all in the capital city of Iqaluit.

Iqaluit, a city of about 8,000 people, has seen 262 cases since April 14.

Chief public health officer Dr. Michael Patterson says two of the eight infections are middle school students, while the rest are adults.

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

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