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More than 22,000 Canadians have tested positive for COVID-19 and more than 560 have died. Here’s a provincial breakdown of the novel coronavirus, as of Friday evening.

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Ontario is reporting 478 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total in the province to 6,237.

The province is also reporting 22 new deaths for a total of 222.

It says 73 long-term care homes are experiencing outbreaks, accounting for 931 cases and 98 deaths.

The executive director of a group home for adults with disabilities in Markham, Ont., says an outbreak of COVID-19 at the facility led numerous personal support workers to walk off the job yesterday.

Shelley Brillinger says 10 residents and two staff members at the Butternut Lane site of Participation House have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

She says that when she told staff members yesterday afternoon, all but four left the facility.

Brillinger says the home cares for 42 residents between the ages of 20 and 86 with physical and developmental disabilities that affect every aspect of their lives.