coronavirus has now claimed more than 8,000 lives.The grim milestone comes as the number of fatalities rose by 11 on Friday morning, all from Ontario, for a countrywide total of 8,005.
That number could rise throughout the day Friday as other provinces release their new daily tallies.Confirmed cases of COVID-19 — the disease caused by the virus — also rose in Canada by 182, with current cases in the country now sitting at 97,712.
Quebec remains the hardest-hit province in terms of cases and deaths.COVID-19 infections there account for more than 54 per cent of the country’s total.
The province’s proportion of fatalities remains even higher, with COVID-19 deaths there making up more than three out of five of the country’s deaths.Public health.