The latest novel coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Tuesday (this file will be updated throughout the day):

8:00 p.m.: Hamilton has had its first death from COVID-19 after a woman, 80, who was a resident at Heritage Green Nursing Home died in hospital. Ontario has now had a total of eight deaths due to the virus.

7:55 p.m.: A TTC subway operator has tested positive for COVID-19. The subway driver, who fell unwell and went home March 16 shortly after the beginning of the 5:30 a.m. shift, has not been at work since. The diagnosis was confirmed this afternoon.

7:30 p.m.: An update from 3:35 p.m., a woman in her 90s (not a man as previously reported) from an Oshawa nursing home is Ontario’s seventh COVID-19 victim. A cluster of four cases was detected by Durham public health officials at the home several days ago.

The province has given long-term care home operators new emergency powers to cancel staff vacations, transfer employees and volunteers as needed to deal with outbreaks of the novel coronavirus. Hospitals were given similar authority on the weekend.

Health ministry officials have issued a directive to stop nursing home residents from going on day trips to reduce the risk of bringing COVID-19 into the home.

6:30 p.m.:

There are 2,780 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 1,013 confirmed (including 4 deaths, 1 resolved)

British Columbia: 617 confirmed (including 13 deaths, 173 resolved)

Ontario: 588 confirmed (including 8 deaths, 8 resolved)

Alberta: 358 confirmed (including 1 death)

Saskatchewan: 72 confirmed

Nova Scotia: 51 confirmed

Newfoundland and Labrador: 4 confirmed, 20 presumptive

Manitoba: 11 confirmed, 10 presumptive

New Brunswick: 17 confirmed

Canadians quarantined at CFB Trenton: 13 confirmed

Prince Edward Island: 3 confirmed

The Territories: 3 confirmed

Total: 2,780 (30 presumptive; 2,750 confirmed, including 26 deaths, 182 resolved)

5:39 p.m.: The City of Brampton has declared a state of emergency.

5:37 p.m.: Alberta announced 57 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the province’s total to 358, according to chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw.

5:30 p.m.: Ontario health update: no new cases, but one new death. Bringing the provincial total to deaths eight.

5:20 p.m.: Hamilton Public Health confirms first death related to COVID-19.

4:55 p.m.: The Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto is closing until April 15.

4:04 p.m.: OPP confirms first presumptive case of COVID-19 in its ranks in Nipissing West detachment. Member is self-isolating. North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit website maintains zero confirmed cases as of this morning.

4:02 p.m.: Compliance audits will be running seven days a week in the day and evening across the city. Enforcement action will be taken against any non-essential business,” says Mathew Pegg, who is the fire chief and general manager of emergency management for the City of Toronto.

3:45 p.m.: Toronto has 280 cases of COVID-19 confirmed city medical officer of health Dr. Eileen de Villa. She adds that people not heeding social distancing advice are risking health of fellow Torontonians. “We are at a pivotal moment right here and right now.” She thanks those who have stayed home and urges them to continue doing so. “Where we go from here, what happens next, depends on you.”

3:05 p.m.: Dr. Barbara Yaffe, associate chief medical officer of health, says 31 health care workers in Ontario are infected with COVID-19. Confirms the death reported today from Durham was a resident of Hillsdale Terraces nursing home in Oshawa.

2:49 p.m.: The city is taking steps to help prevent homeless people from contracting COVID-19 and help those who have been infected, including opening nine new shelters and setting up Canada’s first dedicated isolation and recovery sites. Read how in the Star’s Donovan Vincent’s report.

2:30 p.m.: Catholic churches in Toronto will shut down immediately amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cardinal Thomas Collins of the Archdiocese of Toronto has told its priests to close the doors of the churches in the city after Ontario deemed places of worship non-essential.

He says masses will continue, but with no one inside, including those for the upcoming ones on Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

2:30 p.m.: Ukrainian Ambassador Andriy Shevchenko says about 250 Canadians are scheduled to return to Canada on a flight from Kyiv to Toronto that is scheduled for Wednesday.

The Ukraine International Airlines flight was organized by the Canadian and Ukrainian governments.

Shevchenko says the plane will then load up with Ukrainians, some of whom are on their way to Toronto Pearson International Airport from as far as Vancouver, and return to Kyiv on Thursday.

2:30 p.m.: WestJet Airlines Ltd. says roughly half of its 14,000 employees will leave the company — some temporarily — due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 6,900 departures comprise early retirements, resignations and both voluntary and involuntary leaves after WestJet asked staff to choose one of those options or reduce their hours or pay, said CEO Ed Sims.

Up to 600 Air Canada pilots will also go on unpaid leave in the coming months due to the fallout from the virus, their union said Tuesday.

2:16 p.m.: The spread of COVID-19 could exceed the Saskatchewan Health Authority’s capacity for acute services and amount to a death toll in the thousands, says a document.

Some estimates for infections as well as preparations on how to deal with the spread of the virus are outlined in a March 20 internal planning presentation from the authority, obtained by The Canadian Press.

It says that with a 30 per cent infection rate, about 240,000 people are expected to remain at home while 15,000 people will require hospitalization in intensive care units.

A fatality rate of between three to five per cent, or between 9,000 and 15,000 people, is expected, it reads.

1:50 p.m.: New Brunswick announced one new case of COVID-19 on Tuesday. That brings the number of confirmed cases in the province to 18.

The newest case is a woman between the ages of 20 and 30 from southeastern New Brunswick who recently returned from international travel.

Dr. Jennifer Russell, chief medical officer of health, says all cases so far in New Brunswick have either been travellers or close contacts to people who travelled.

1:45 p.m.: Toronto public health says there is a second positive case of COVID-19 in the shelter system that is not connected to the first. Both people are recovering in isolation, city says. Nine new facilities are now open with more than 350 spaces to help with social distancing.

1:30 p.m.: Newfoundland and Labrador has announced 11 more presumptive positive cases of COVID-19. There is now a combined total of 35 presumptive and confirmed cases of the disease in the province.

Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, the province’s chief medical officer of health, says all the new cases are in the Eastern Health authority and all are related to travel or a cluster of previous cases.

1:25 p.m.: Premier Doug Ford is cutting daytime electricity prices by about $20 monthly for the average household with so many Ontarians at home from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the COVID-19 crisis.

The province is switching to the evening, overnight and weekend price of 10.1 cents per kilowatt hour for the next 45 days at a cost of $162 million in foregone revenue.

1:25 p.m.: Hundreds of Indigenous health managers from across Canada will meet online tomorrow to discuss how the novel coronavirus pandemic is affecting their communities.

Marion Crowe of the First Nations Health Managers Association says the meeting will allow managers to compare notes on their specific challenges of fighting the virus.

She says it’s hard to hand-wash when tapwater isn’t drinkable and impossible to self-isolate in overcrowded homes.

She adds many Indigenous people have bitter memories of the health-care system and don’t trust its officials.

Still, she says many lessons were learned during 2009’s H1N1 epidemic.

1:17 p.m.: Premier Fançois Legault confirmed a surge of 385 new cases in Quebec, bringing the provincial total to 1,013.

Provincial health officials say that 67 people are hospitalized while 30 are in intensive care.

Following the spike in newly reported cases, Quebec now leads the provinces in number of COVID-19 cases.

On Monday, Legault announced a shutdown of non-essential services throughout the province, allowing only grocery stores, pharmacies, gas stations and other essential services to remain open during the pandemic.

Legault said the shutdown will last until April 13.

1:15 p.m.: Ontario Premier Doug Ford says hydro rates will be lowered to off-peak rates during the day for the next six weeks. Should save families $20 a month and small businesses around $150.

1:15 p.m.: The Assembly of First Nations has declared a state of emergency.

National Chief Perry Bellegarde says Indigenous communities need immediate increases in funding and full involvement in all discussions with governments on planning and preparedness.

He says while the announced federal funding is a good start, more will be required.

The assembly’s motion says that special consideration must be given to Canada’s 96 remote, fly-in Indigenous communities.

The motion also affirms support for all First Nations that have already declared states of emergency, travel bans and other measures.

1:05 p.m.: The Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee say postponing the 2020 Tokyo Games was the right decision.

The organizations issued a statement in response to an announcement earlier today by the International Olympic Committee.

The IOC said the Games would be rescheduled to next year in light of COVID-19.

The COC is holding a news conference on the issue by telephone shortly.

1:01 p.m.: Just over a week after announcing production was still underway on “Big Brother Canada” despite the global COVID-19 crisis, producers now say the reality series has ended early.

Global and Insight Productions say production on Season 8 is now done in light of developments in Ontario on the fight against the pandemic.

12:55 p.m.: Canada’s chief medical health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says an equal number of Canadians who have tested positive for COVID-19 contracted the virus from travel and from community transmission.

Deputy chief public health officer Dr. Howard Njoo said since last week, nearly 90 per cent of cases reported to the public health agency came from spread of the virus within the community.

Tam says this represents a fundamental shift in the spread of the virus in Canada.

If Canada is going to get a handle on community spread, she said social distancing and maintaining a two-metre barrier between people is essential.

Tam also said 220 passengers from the Grand Princess cruise ship who have completed their 14-day quarantine at CFB Trenton and are symptom-free were repatriated earlier today.

Nearly 120,000 Canadians have been tested for the coronavirus, with an average of 10,000 people tested per day.

12:50 p.m.: The Manitoba government is reporting one new probable case of COVID-19, bringing the total of confirmed and presumptive cases in the province to 21.

Health officials say the latest case involves a Winnipeg man in his 40s and there is no information yet on whether it is travel-related.

There have been no community-transmitted cases confirmed in Manitoba to date, but Dr. Brent Roussin, the chief public health officer, says he expects it will come.

He says COVID-19 cases started in Manitoba some time after Ontario, British Columbia, and all the initial cases there were travel-related as well.

12:46 p.m.: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is braced for the possibility of a worsening COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, but that the current travel restrictions at the border will suffice — for now.

With President Donald Trump opening musing about letting people go back to work, Trudeau says Canada will continue to base its decisions on science and keeping people safe and healthy.

Trump has been growing more impatient by the day with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and wants Americans back on the job sooner rather than later.

He insists it’s possible for them to take prudent, responsible steps such as social distancing at the same time.

12:45 p.m.: There are 2,187 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada, in data compiled by The Canadian Press.

Quebec: 628 confirmed (including 4 deaths, 1 resolved)

Ontario: 588 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 8 resolved)

British Columbia: 472 confirmed (including 13 deaths, 100 resolved)

Alberta: 301 confirmed (including 1 death)

Saskatchewan: 65 confirmed, 1 presumptive

Nova Scotia: 51 confirmed

Newfoundland and Labrador: 4 confirmed, 20 presumptive

Manitoba: 11 confirmed, 10 presumptive

New Brunswick: 17 confirmed

Canadians quarantined at CFB Trenton: 13 confirmed

Prince Edward Island: 3 confirmed

The Territories: 3 confirmed

Total: 2,187 (31 presumptive; 2156 confirmed, including 25 deaths, 109 resolved)

12:42 p.m.: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 continues to climb in Nova Scotia. As of today, the province is reporting 51 confirmed cases — 10 more than Monday.

As with previously reported cases, the new ones are travel-related or connected to earlier cases — and none of the cases is from transmission of the virus within the community. Health officials say those infected range in age from under 10 to their mid-70s.

One person remains in hospital and one individual has recovered.

To date, Nova Scotia has reported 2,474 negative test results for the novel coronavirus.

12:40 p.m.: Prince Edward Island has no new cases of COVID-19 to report today, leaving the provincial total at three positive cases.

Dr. Heather Morrison, the province’s chief medical officer of health, says it’s important that people continue to self-isolate and social distance to help flatten the curve.

She says all playgrounds are closed, and anyone using convenience stores needs to get in, get what they need and get out.

Morrison says she still expects to see new cases on the Island and an increase in hospitalization.

12:30 p.m.: Dr. Theresa Tam, chief public health officer of Canada, says “cases are almost now an equal mix” between travellers and their close contacts with cases that were exposed in the community setting in Canada.

12:12 p.m.: Parks Canada is restricting vehicles in the national parks and national historic sites after people flocked to the popular areas on the weekend.

The national agency says it is still noticing high visitation despite the suspension of visitor services and the closure of facilities.

Officials will now suspend all motor vehicle access by visitors starting at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.

Highways and roadways that go through the parks and historic sites will remain open.

12:10 p.m.: The emergency sitting of the House of Commons has been suspended after only a few minutes.

A small group of 32 MPs were to begin debate on emergency legislation to provide billions in financial aid to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 crisis.

However, the sitting had no sooner begun than government House leader Pablo Rodriguez asked that it be suspended.

It appears that the government is continuing to negotiate details of the legislation with opposition parties after the Conservatives balked at a provision that would have given the government sweeping powers to unilaterally spend, borrow and change taxation levels without the approval of Parliament.

12:10 p.m.: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians have his “unwavering commitment” to uphold the country’s democratic principles.

The comment follows Opposition anger over draft legislation that promised $82 billion in emergency aid for those struggling the COVID-19 pandemic, but also gave the federal cabinet extraordinary powers to control taxes and spending.

Trudeau says the pandemic is moving extremely quickly, which is why the government was looking at measures to respond just as fast.

However, he also says Canada has a “Parliament that works” and the government is working with opposition parties to draft the appropriate legislation to ensure Canadians are safe and supported.

12:05 p.m.: Durham Region declares state of emergency. “The health and well-being of our residents is our top priority,” regional chair John Henry said in a statement. “We are and will continue to work out of the Emergency Operations Centre to maintain the essential social services, public works and health-care services you rely on.”

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11:59 a.m.: Social distancing measures will be in place for “many more weeks,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says, in reply to question about how President Donald Trump wants to get this over with ASAP.

11:58 a.m.: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says not all premiers were supportive of federal Emergencies Act powers, but they will continue discussions and do what’s necessary.

11:55 a.m.: Ontario has granted nursing homes similar emergency powers to hospitals, allowing cancellation of vacations and transfers of staff as needed to cope with any COVID-19 outbreak. Residents no longer allowed out on day trips to limit chances they contract the virus.

11:50 a.m.: Among the 85 new cases in Ontario were people who had travelled to the United States, Brazil, Austria, Dubai, Italy and Singapore.

According to the latest report, 32,457 patients had been tested; 21,795 are negative; 10,074 cases are currently under investigation, with eight cases resolved. Complete information is not listed for most of the new cases.

It’s the biggest one-day increase that Ontario reported after announcing 78 new cases Monday.

11:49 a.m.: The union representing Air Canada’s pilots says up to 600 of its members will go on unpaid leave in the coming months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Capt. Michael McKay, head of the Air Canada Pilots Association, says the union has agreed to a plan for a maximum of 600 pilots on furlough.

The 4,400 pilots have also agreed to reduced pay across the board and “simplified contract language” to allow pilots to retire earlier.

McKay says a “precipitous drop in passenger demand and the challenging operating environment” have prompted the changes.

11:40 a.m.: Ontario announces 85 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the provincial total to 588. The province also announces one more death, a man in his 90s in Durham Region, bringing Ontario’s death toll to seven.

11:30 a.m.: Cleaners are at the frontline of the COVID-19 battle. But some have no protective gear, and earn less than $13 an hour to keep big grocery stores safe. “We are always in contact with people. And we don’t have the necessary equipment.” Read the report from the Star’s Sara Mojtehedzadeh.

11:15 a.m.: A resident at Sunnybrook Hospital’s veterans care facility has tested positive for COVID-19. In a memo circulated Monday evening, medical director Dr. Jocelyn Charles notified families of residents at the facility that a resident had tested positive and is currently in self-isolation.

11:04 a.m.: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a “total lockdown” in the country of 1.3 billion people during a televised address Tuesday night, the most extensive stay-at-home order yet in the world’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

11 a.m.: The North American tour dates for hit musical “Miss Saigon” were cancelled due to the effects of COVID-19, the production company announced Tuesday.

The musical was scheduled to run at Toronto’s Princess of Wales Theatre from May 5 to May 24. Mirvish Productions is telling ticket-holders to visit mirvish.com for refunds or credits.

Miss Saigon is one of several theatrical events, including hit musical Hamilton, to be disrupted in the past month due to COVID-19.

10:58 a.m.: President Donald Trump seems to be growing more impatient by the day with the economic fallout from U.S. efforts to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Trump says via Twitter today that Americans are anxious to get back to work, where they would still be able to practise social distancing and other measures to combat the spread of COVID-19.

The message, which the president and his economic advisers began pushing Monday, is at odds with public-health experts who say work and school closures and stay-at-home measures are key to limiting the spread of illness.

10:20 a.m.: Bombardier Inc. is temporarily halting production in Canada and suspending its 2020 financial forecast due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The company says it is stopping all non-essential work in the country, including aircraft and rail production in Quebec and Ontario.

It says employees impacted by the shutdown will be placed on furlough, with workers as well as executives forgoing pay.

Board members have also agreed to forgo compensation for the remainder of the year.

10:15 a.m.: Health coalitions in several provinces from the Maritimes to British Columbia are urging the federal government not to allow the COVID-19 crisis to be used to dismantle universal, public health care.

In a joint statement, groups including the Canadian Health Coalition and Friends of Medicare say all levels of government must work together to reclaim and increase the capacity of the public health-care system.

In addition to ensuring all services from testing to vaccination and hospital stays remain available free of charge, the coalitions support Spain’s decision to bring for-profit health care facilities under public control.

They say a robust public health-care system is the best defence against challenges like the novel coronavirus but they argue it has been eroded by decades of austerity and needs a renewed commitment.

10:10 a.m.: Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says his MPs will help pass emergency economic measures that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced last week to cushion the blow from COVID-19.

But Scheer says Conservatives won’t give the consent the Liberals would need to take massive new taxing and spending powers for the cabinet, without Parliament’s supervision.

Scheer says he wants to ensure Canadian families and workers receive financial help to pay their bills and put food on their tables.

That’s why Scheer says he doesn’t want conversations about new powers for the Liberal government to get in the way of that assistance getting to Canadians.

9:49 a.m.: A statement from G7 finance ministers and central bankers says the group will do “whatever is necessary” to restore economic confidence and protect jobs and businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The nations, representing seven of the world’s leading economies, are also asking other countries to do the same.

Among the nations is Canada, represented by Finance Minister Bill Morneau and the Bank of Canada.

The statement says countries affected by COVID-19 should expand their budget spending and support to financial institutions to mitigate the negative shock from the pandemic – and do so for as long as possible.

9:25 a.m.: The latest update on the Johns Hopkins website Tuesday morning reports the number of cases worldwide at 392,780 with 17,159 deaths. Among those, 102,980 have recovered from the illness. China still has the highest number of cases (81,588), followed by Italy (63,927), the United States (46,481), Spain (39,673) and Germany (30,150).

9:15 a.m.: The mayors of Ottawa and Gatineau are asking residents to limit interprovincial travel between their two cities.

The economies of the two cities, divided by the Ottawa River, are closely linked. In a joint statement, the mayors say the situation with COVID-19 is likely to develop differently on either side of the river.

They say they want to make sure people don’t spread the virus outside of their neighbourhoods or across the provincial border.

9:05 a.m.: Ontario is expected to announce a temporary cut in hydro rates as many people work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A senior government source, who wasn’t authorized to discuss the announcement publicly, says the province will lower rates for the next 45 days.

The source says it will be done by moving all of the current time-of-use pricing to off-peak rates.

Premier Doug Ford is set to make an announcement at 1 p.m alongside the province’s minister of energy and other officials.

9:02 a.m.: Chinese authorities said Tuesday they will end a two-month lockdown of most of coronavirus-hit Hubei province at midnight, as domestic cases of what has become a global pandemic subside.

People with a clean bill of health will be allowed to leave, the provincial government said, easing restrictions on movement that were unprecedented in scale. The city of Wuhan, where the virus was first detected in December, is to remain locked down until April 8.

China barred people from leaving or entering Wuhan beginning Jan. 23 in a surprise middle-of-the-night announcement and expanded that to most of the province in succeeding days. Trains and flights were cancelled and checkpoints set up on roads into the central province.

8:58 a.m.: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals back off their move to seek broad powers to hike taxes and spend money without Parliament’s approval. Read more from the Star’s Bruce Campion-Smith.

8:47 a.m.: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he expects the pandemic to be over by next year and the Olympics can be held by the summer of 2021 at the latest. On Sunday night, Canada became the first country to withdraw from the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics unless the Games were postponed this year. The Games were supposed to take place July 24-Aug. 9.

8:38 a.m.: IOC President Thomas Bach has agreed “100 per cent” to a proposal of postponing the Tokyo Olympics for about one year until 2021 because of the coronavirus outbreak, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday.

Abe said after his telephone talks with Bach that he requested a postponement of about one year “taking into consideration the current circumstances” and to secure an environment in which athletes can perform in their best conditions and the sense of safety and security for the audience.

Abe held telephone talks with Bach after the IOC said it would make a decision on the Tokyo Games over the next four weeks.

8:37 a.m.: One in five Canadians weren’t taking the deadly COVID-19 pandemic seriously as recently as last weekend, a new poll suggests.

In a Leger poll conducted between Friday and Sunday, 16 per cent of respondents said the crisis was partly blown out of proportion and another four per cent believed it was blown way out of proportion.

8:30 a.m.: Japanese Prime Minister Abe says IOC president has agreed “100 per cent” to proposal of postponing Olympics for about one year.

8:05 a.m.: Prices continue to soar in Toronto real estate market despite COVID-19 crisis. Details from the Star’s Tess Kalinowski.

7:42 a.m.: Japan’s NHK television says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will propose one-year Olympic postponement during talks with the IOC.

7:35 a.m.: Global stocks surged Tuesday while U.S. futures raced ahead so much that trading had to be halted, after U.S. political leaders said they were nearing a deal on a massive government stimulus package to offset the damage inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic.

Stock markets around the world, from Japan’s Nikkei to Germany’s DAX, have spiked by more than 5 per cent. Wall Street was also headed for similar gains at the bell, which according to regulations means that trading is suspended temporarily. Despite the gains, most indexes are down around a third from where they started the year.

In the U.S., sentiment appears to have been boosted after top congressional and White House officials emerged from grueling negotiations over a nearly $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package saying they expected to reach a deal Tuesday.

7:30 a.m.: Egypt will impose a two-week, nightly curfew in the Arab world’s most-populous country in an effort to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, its prime minister announced Tuesday as the International Monetary Fund warned that a shortage of medical supplies could affect the Mideast’s poorest nations.

There are over 31,000 confirmed cases of the virus across the Mideast, the vast majority in the hard-hit nation of Iran.

Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly told a news conference that the 11-hour curfew, from 7 p.m. until 6 a.m. would go into effect Wednesday across the country. He said many kinds of transportation will be halted during the curfew.

Egypt has 366 confirmed cases and 21 fatalities, including two senior military officers.

5:40 a.m.: South Africa’s coronavirus cases leapt again to 554 on Tuesday, the most of any country in Africa, as its 57 million people rushed to prepare for a lockdown that begins Thursday.

Across Africa, 43 of its 54 countries now have cases, with the total at 1,788. Thirteen countries have reported 58 deaths. South Africa has not recorded one.

4 a.m.: There are 2091 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada

Quebec: 628 confirmed (including 4 deaths, 1 resolved)

Ontario: 503 confirmed (including 6 deaths, 8 resolved)

British Columbia: 472 confirmed (including 13 deaths, 6 resolved)

Alberta: 301 confirmed (including 1 death)

Saskatchewan: 65 confirmed, 1 presumptive

Nova Scotia: 41 confirmed

Newfoundland and Labrador: 4 confirmed, 20 presumptive

Manitoba: 14 confirmed, 6 presumptive

New Brunswick: 8 confirmed, 9 presumptive

Canadians quarantined at CFB Trenton: 13 confirmed

Prince Edward Island: 3 confirmed

The Territories: 3 confirmed

Total: 2091 (36 presumptive, 2055 confirmed including 24 deaths, 15 resolved)

2:03 a.m.: Chinese authorities are lifting a lockdown in most of Hubei province. People who are cleared will be able to leave the province after midnight Tuesday.

The city of Wuhan, where the outbreak started in late December, will remain locked down until April 8. China barred people from leaving or entering Wuhan starting Jan. 23 and expanded it to most of the province in succeeding days.

11:59 p.m.: The closure of all non-essential businesses in the province will begin at 12 a.m. Wednesday morning in efforts to help curb the spread of COVID-19.

The closures will last for at least 14 days.

The government says that Ontarians will still have access to grocery stores and pharmacies, and their power and telecommunications will continue to run.

Businesses that support IT infrastructure service providers, power generation, natural gas distribution and clean drinking water will also stay open.

Click here for a list of all the essential services staying open during this shutdown.

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