Canada hit new milestones in the novel coronavirus pandemic Thursday, as cases surged past 160,000 while the death toll topped 9,300.The country reported 1,776 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 160,368 lab-confirmed cases to date.Twenty-three new deaths were also announced, taking the national death toll to 9,320.
While that’s the highest number reported in a single day since early July, 14 of those deaths occurred last week or earlier.
How many Canadians have the new coronavirus? Total number of confirmed cases by region A total of 136,350 patients have since recovered from the virus.