Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $240 million in funding Sunday to bring mental health services and virtual primary care online for Canadians.
Trudeau also announced more than $175 million to fund Canadian company AbCellera for COVID-19 research.
Details surrounding the launch of a national council for COVID-19 medical supplies are expected to be announced Sunday.
In provincial news, Ontario reported 434 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 17,553.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford told a news conference in Toronto Saturday that much higher gas prices in northern Ontario are 'totally unfair' and that Minister of Energy Greg Rickford is "all over this."
A critical care chief in northern Ontario says Canada has seemingly escaped the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, but warns the country isn't quite out of the woods yet.
In local news, Sault Ste. Marie Police Service has established a break-and-enter task force in repsonse to a rash of break-ins to businesses shuttered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Here are the latest numbers from Algoma Public Health:
- 2,330 tested
- 13 positive
- 2,006 negative
- 311 pending
- 0 deceased
- 12 resolved
Total confirmed cases by area of residence:
- 9 in Sault Ste. Marie and area, with evidence of community spread
- 1 in central and east Algoma
- 3 in Elliot Lake and area ***
- 0 in north Algoma
*** Three positive cases in Elliot Lake and area have been confirmed by Elliot Lake Family Health Team
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