On Thursday, Canada reached 10,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.

Manitoba health officials say the province has 40 new COVID-19 cases.

"The only comforting thing about this is that they're together still," said Jason Jaspar.

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health has announced its first COVID-19-related death.

B.C. will likely remain under strict pandemic-related restrictions until at least the summer, the province's top health officials said Tuesday.

British Columbia has confirmed 86 new cases of the novel coronavirus since Saturday, bringing the provincial total to 970.

As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 grows in the Middlesex London health region, officials say one patient has now died of the disease.

The update comes a day after officials released new modelling data showing B.C. could be on track to avoid a "worst-case scenario" as the outbreak continues.

There are now a total of 659 cases confirmed in B.C. and 14 deaths.

British Columbia has confirmed 145 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the provincial total to 617.