COVID-19 Thursday as the country came close to inking out a new deal to receive another 1.5 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine.The new infections bring Canada’s total caseload to 922,853, of which 867,983 have since recovered.
Another 36 deaths linked to the virus were also announced by health authorities on Thursday, pushing the country’s death toll to 22,590.
U.S. to send 1.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Canada To date, over 26.7 million tests and 3.56 million vaccine doses have been administered, while 1,999 patients are currently in hospital after contracting the virus.In a tweet Thursday, Procurement Minister Anita Anand announced that the federal government was close to sealing a deal to obtain 1.5 million doses of.