Deaths due to the novel coronavirus in Canada totalled 5,472 as of Thursday, while the global death toll climbed past 300,000.
Canada has 73,389 cases of COVID-19 so far, the majority of them — more than 40,000 — in Quebec alone. The city of Montreal remains the epicentre of the province’s outbreak, with close to 21,000 cases — almost as many as the entire province of Ontario.
Nationwide, more than 36,000 people have recovered and more than 1.2 million COVID-19 tests have been conducted. Quebec has been the hardest hit province in Canada so far, with 3,351 deaths and 40,724 cases.
The province had the highest daily increase of cases out of any region in Canada on Thursday, reporting 793 cases and 131 deaths.