coronavirus cases on Sunday as more cases of a variant of the virus were announced across the country.Canada added 5,381 coronavirus cases total on Sunday and 65 deaths, bringing its total to 548,993 cases and 14,963 deaths.
Canada reports first cases of U.K. coronavirus variant. Here’s what you need to know Two more cases of the coronavirus variant were reported Sunday in Ottawa and in B.C.The variant is said to be more transmissible but there is no evidence it leads to more severe symptoms or that vaccines are less effective against it.It has also been discovered in several other countries, including South Africa, France, Ireland, Spain and Japan.The individual with the variant in Ottawa had been to the U.K.