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8 p.m. The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board is recommending its 56,000 members stop holding in-person open houses during the COVID-19 pandemic. TRREB says it will “suppress” open houses on its websites because the practice is not conducive to social distancing. The board says the decision to hold open houses ultimately lies with the real estate brokerage, but the organization is strongly recommending they stop.

7:30 p.m. The Quebec government forbids most indoor and outdoor gatherings in its effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.

7:27 p.m.:There are 1,333 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

British Columbia: 426 confirmed (including 10 deaths, 6 resolved)

Ontario: 377 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 6 resolved)

Alberta: 226 confirmed (including 1 death)

Quebec: 181 confirmed (including 5 deaths, 1 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 25 confirmed, 19 presumptive

Nova Scotia: 9 confirmed, 12 presumptive

Manitoba: 18 confirmed, 1 presumptive

New Brunswick: 7 confirmed, 10 presumptive

Canadians quarantined at CFB Trenton: 13 confirmed

Newfoundland and Labrador: 3 confirmed, 3 presumptive

Prince Edward Island: 2 confirmed

7:15 p.m.: Alberta health officials say an enforcement plan for social distancing in the province will come next week and could involve police. This follows suit with Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan. On Friday, provincial police in Ontario warned that people will face fines for violating orders to close certain businesses and to limit gatherings. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe suggested citizens who know of anyone not self-isolating after returning from international travel should call police. In Quebec City, police arrested a woman Friday who was infected with the virus and who was walking around outside after being mandated to stay indoors.

6:00 p.m.: Health officials in Alberta believe 16 of the province’s COVID-19 cases could be the result of community transmission. Alberta is reporting 31 new cases of the disease, bringing the province’s total to 226. Of those cases, 11 people are in hospital and six are in intensive care.

3:45 p.m.: British Columbia has announced its 10th death due to COVID-19, as well as 74 new cases. B.C.’s 10th death is another case related to the Lynn Valley Care Centre, a North Vancouver care home that has seen a total of nine deaths linked to the virus.

2:30 p.m.: Muskoka officials confirm a man in his 70s has died in Barrie after contracting COVID-19. Officials say he had close contact with an individual with COVID-19 who died March 11.

“I am urging everyone to follow social distancing recommendations and follow public health measures so that we can flatten the curve of this disease,” said Dr. Charles Gardner, Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit’s medical officer of health.

1:58 p.m.: Quebec Premier Francois Legault says there are now 181 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province, up from 139 yesterday. Legault also announced four new deaths, meaning there’s a total of five deaths in the province.

Legault says the four new deaths all came from the same seniors residence. The premier says the jump in cases was to be expected, as the province has increased its testing capacity.

1:30 p.m.: P.E.I. is asking anyone who has travelled internationally or within Canada to self-isolate for 14 days when coming to the Island.

New screening measures are in place at all entry points to P.E.I. including the Confederation Bridge, ferries and airport, but the province is not closing its boundaries. The screening includes asking questions and providing information on self-isolating.

P.E.I. chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison says there are no new cases of COVID-19 to add to the two previously reported on the Island.

1:27 p.m.: Italy’s tally of coronavirus cases and deaths continues to soar, with officials on Saturday announcing new day-to-day highs: 793 dead and 6,557 cases. The country, at the heart of western Europe’s rampaging outbreak, now counts 53,578 known cases.

More than 60 per cent of the latest deaths occurred in the northern region of Lombardy, whose hospitals have been reeling under a staggering case load that has left intensive care beds hard to find and respirators in dire supply. The new increases come nearly two weeks into a national lockdown in a desperate bid to contain the contagion.

1:11 p.m.: In a news conference Ontario premier Doug Ford says the province can be the “workshop for Canada in the fight against COVID-19.” Premier wants manufacturers to mobilize to help fight the pandemic. “The Ontario Government is launching Ontario Together, a new website that will help businesses and their employees work with the province to meet the challenges of COVID-19,” they announced in a press release. “This initiative will remove barriers allowing Ontario’s manufacturing sector to redeploy capacity towards the production of essential equipment like ventilators, masks and swabs.”

12:49 p.m.: New York is scouring the globe for desperately needed medical supplies and scouting field hospital locations in New York City and its suburbs as confirmed coronavirus cases soared above 10,000 statewide, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday.

The goal is to quickly boost the state’s hospital capacity from around 50,000 beds to 75,000 beds, Cuomo said at a news briefing. The state has already hospitalized 1,600 people due to the outbreak.

12:20 p.m.: The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada:

There are 1144 confirmed cases in Canada (33 presumptive, 1111 confirmed including 13 deaths, 12 resolved).

Ontario: 377 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 6 resolved)

British Columbia: 348 confirmed (including 9 deaths, 5 resolved)

Alberta: 195 confirmed (including 1 death)

Quebec: 139 confirmed (including 1 death, 1 resolved)

Manitoba: 17 confirmed

Saskatchewan: 8 confirmed, 18 presumptive

Nova Scotia: 5 confirmed, 10 presumptive

New Brunswick: 7 confirmed, 4 presumptive

Canadians quarantined at CFB Trenton: 10 confirmed

Newfoundland and Labrador: 3 confirmed, 1 presumptive

Prince Edward Island: 2 confirmed

The Territories: No confirmed cases

11:32 a.m.: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said at a press conference that “The federal government is working with commercial airlines to repatriate citizens. Air Canada is set to have flights leave for countries like Peru and Spain, with the first flight leaving to Morocco this weekend. Those who return will have to isolate for 14 days, those with symptoms will not be permitted to board flights.

“We’re asking people to stay home as much as possible ... people should be self isolating with their family members so we can all get through this and make sure we keep our health care workers safe so we can handle capacity.”

This includes urging Canadians to avoid all non-essential travel within the country and between provinces.

11:29 a.m.: The Northwest Territories is planning to ban non-essential travel into the territory. In a news release, the N.W.T. says chief public health officer Dr. Kami Kandola will make an order under the territory’s Public Health Act effective today.

Residents returning to the territory will be required to self-isolate in Yellowknife, Fort Smith, Hay River, or Inuvik.

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The news release says disobeying the order is punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 and six months in jail.

11:08 a.m.: York Region Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Karim Kurji confirmed a woman in her 70s has tested positive for COVID-19 at Markhaven Home For Seniors in the City of Markham.

“The long-term care home had been experiencing a respiratory outbreak and York Region Public Health Inspectors visited and ensured all proper protocols in place were being strictly adhered to,” he said in a statement.

An investigation on the source of the infection and implementation of additional measures are ongoing, Kurji said.

10:30 a.m.: Ontario is reporting 58 new cases of COVID-19, with one recovery, bringing the total confirmed cases in the province to 377, with 6 resolved and 2 deaths.

All are now listed as self-isolating and one is hospitalized.There have been 23,384 people in Ontario tested for COVID-19, the latest figures show — and 15,768 have tested negative for the virus.

Of the 58 new positive cases announced today, at least nine were related to travel. Most of those people have a recent travel history to places such as the United States, Ecuador, the Philippines, and Europe, or they are close contacts of other confirmed cases. Of the 58 cases, 45 did not include any information about where patients were from nor how they got the virus. But 7,239 cases are still under investigation. Six patients have recovered, while two people with COVID-19 have died in Ontario.

9:57 a.m.: Australia plans an additional A$66 billion ($55 billion Cdn.) in stimulus for the coronavirus-stricken economy, including cash payments of as much as A$100,000 ($83,000 Cdn.) to small businesses, in a second package aimed at averting recession and savings jobs.

The plan, to be announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday, will provide A$25.2 billion ($20 billion Cdn.) in support to businesses and not-for-profit charities. It will also partially guarantee loans to support A$40 billion ($33 billion Cdn.) in lending to small and medium-sized firms. Further details of income support measures are also expected later Sunday.

The new measures dwarf the government’s initial A$17.6 billion ($14 billion Cdn.) stimulus package announced on March 12. As the crisis continues and the economic impact becomes clearer, the government expects to announce a third fiscal injection.

9:49 a.m.: “We will get more cases as well,” Dr. Wajid Ahmed, Windsor-Essex medical officer of health told media Saturday morning after Friday’s news that a man in his 60s became Windsor’s first case of COVID-19. The man developed symptoms March 11, one day after returning from a Caribbean cruise. The City of Windsor declared a state of emergency on Friday as a proactive measure, Ahmed said.

8:45 a.m.: The University Health Network has joined other Ontario hospitals in moving to a no visitor policy, with exceptions on “compassionate grounds and special safety needs” which include end of life, critical care and pediatrics. UHN announced screening is in effect at all hospital doors and some entrances may be closed or have reduced access. The new measures took effect at 12:00 a.m. Saturday.

7:52 a.m.: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 recorded in Africa rose above 1,000 Saturday, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At least 40 of Africa’s 54 countries now have cases.

More than 275,000 cases have been confirmed globally, including over 11,000 deaths, according to a running tally by Johns Hopkins University. At least 88,000 have recovered.

7:49 a.m.: Air raid sirens echoed across Amman, Jordan Saturday to mark the start of a three-day curfew, the latest mass lockdown in the Middle East aimed at containing the coronavirus, which has claimed another 123 lives in Iran.

The latest deaths bring Iran’s overall toll to 1,556 amid 20,610 confirmed cases, according to figures released by the Health Ministry. Iran has faced widespread criticism for its lagging response to the outbreak, which has even infected and killed some senior officials.

In one of the strictest measures yet, Jordan has ordered all shops to close and all people to stay off the streets until at least Tuesday, when it plans to announce specific times for shopping. Anyone caught violating the curfew faces up to one year in prison.

7:13 a.m.: The border between Canada and the U.S., the world’s longest undefended international border, has closed to all non-essential travel.

The closure took effect Friday evening at 11:59 pm.

The closure does not affect the movement of essential goods and workers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump have said. However, travel for tourism and recreation will not be allowed.

4:00 a.m.: The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. on March 21, 2020:

There are a total of 1,085 cases (33 presumptive, 1,052 confirmed including 13 deaths, 11 resolved)

Ontario: 318 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 5 resolved)

British Columbia: 348 confirmed (including 9 deaths, 5 resolved)

Alberta: 195 confirmed (including 1 death)

Quebec: 139 confirmed (including 1 death, 1 resolved)

Manitoba: 17 confirmed

Saskatchewan: 8 confirmed, 18 presumptive

New Brunswick: 7 confirmed, 4 presumptive

Canadians quarantined at CFB Trenton: 10 confirmed

Nova Scotia: 5 confirmed, 10 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 3 confirmed, 1 presumptive

Prince Edward Island: 2 confirmed

The Territories: No confirmed cases

4:00 a.m.: An Air Canada flight bringing a group of Canadians home from Morocco is expected to land in Montreal today.

The repatriation flight departing from Casablanca was arranged with the help of the federal government.

Thousands of Canadians stranded abroad are becoming increasingly desperate as countries close borders and airlines cut flights due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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