Procurement Minister Anita Anand suggests vaccine, testing firms could 'walk away' from contracts.

So far, 215,884 people in Canada have tested positive for the virus, while the country's death toll stands at 9,946.

Out of all the people who have died as a result of COVID-19 in Canada, roughly 80 per cent were residents of long-term care homes.

'People can have a number of reasons to be exempted from masks, but sorting out who is eligible is tricky,' said one expert.

Dr. Brendan Hanley, chief medical officer of health, says the three people belong to the same "family cluster'' and it's not yet known how they contracted the illness.

Regina Public Schools say they were notified of the positive case on Friday from the Saskatchewan Health Authority.

The Medical Council of Canada suddenly cancelled a key qualifying exam set for this weekend, citing public health recommendations and the loss of university venues that were to host the exam.

The increases put Canada's national case total at 208,933 and deaths at 9,862.

“There’s no invisible force field at 6 feet,” said Saskia Popescu, an infectious disease expert at George Mason University.

A recent study suggests the novel coronavirus can live on human skin for up to nine hours, but experts say those findings aren't as alarming as they sound.