Coronavirus cases continue to rise in Ontario and Quebec, the two provinces that have accounted for a majority of Canada’s death toll and caseload ever since the pandemic began.Overall, Canada reported 340 new cases of COVID-19 and 64 deaths on Saturday, for a total of 101,002 cases.More than 8,400 people have died so far, while more than 63,000 cases are considered recovered.The daily death toll experienced an artificial bump as 15 of Quebec’s 33 deaths on Saturday actually occurred prior to June 12, meaning Saturday’s death toll is 49.
Nearly 2.5 million tests have been conducted across the country.Ontario saw 206 new cases on Saturday — the first time the province reported more than 200 cases in a week — for a total of 33,301.