Official data showed that Canadian deaths from COVID-19 rose by more than 12 percent to 674 in a day. The public health agency said the total number of positive diagnoses rose to 23,719. According to Reuters, many of those deaths are coming from seniors’ residences. Quebec officials opened a probe into the deaths of 31 people in a seniors’ residence. The coroner’s office said they are looking into the cause and circumstances of the deaths.
