coronavirus patients topped 500 Saturday as Canada’s chief medical official expressed concern over the escalation in case counts seen in many provinces.The 515 cases announced Saturday — the vast majority in Ontario and Quebec — bring the national total to 136,038.The deaths of seven more COVID-19 patients were also announced Saturday, while 9,170 people in Canada have succumbed to the illness since the pandemic broke out.
About 88 per cent of those diagnosed have recovered, however, and across the country more than 7.1 million tests have been carried out.