Canada’s Death Toll From COVID 19 Surpasses 20,000 as New Flight Restrictions Begin

Paramedics wheel a patient into the emergency department at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, on Jan. 13, 2021. Cole Burston/The Canadian Press

Canada’s official COVID-19 death toll surpassed 20,000 today, after dozens of deaths were reported in Quebec and Ontario.

The sobering figure emerged after Quebec reported 31 new fatalities related to the virus and Ontario reported 43.