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COVID-19 cases have surged past 2,000 in Canada as the death toll reached 24.

As the number of confirmed cases continues to increase, the Public Health Agency of Canada notes a new trend emerging: increasing transmission from one Canadian to another in the community, as opposed to people being infected after travel abroad.

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Globally, there are 392,000 cases of the novel coronavirus, while deaths have passed 17,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. Italy’s death toll has doubled compared to China, the epicentre of the outbreak.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau provided his regular update earlier Tuesday, before Parliament was scheduled to sit for an emergency session. Once more, Trudeau pushed the urgent need for Canadians to social distance.

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