
On Friday, for the first time since March 15, public health agency data revealed that Canada reported zero coronavirus deaths over the past 24 hours, although infections did rise by 702 to 135,626.
The COVID-19 death toll in Canada currently stands at 9,163.
Canada’s provinces have seen infections increase in recent days, as areas start relaxing lockdown constrains and re-open schools.
When COVID-19 cases started to increase in mid-March, Canada cut off all foreign nationals from its international borders and ramped up tests.