Canada reached a grim milestone Friday as the country surpassed 1,000 cases of the novel coronavirus, with at least 12 of them fatal.
Three provinces recorded new increases in their totals Friday afternoon: British Columbia reported 77 new cases, while Alberta confirmed 49 more.
Shortly after those two press conferences, Ontario — which had already reported 50 new cases — announced another 10. That brings the national total to 1,044.
British Columbia, Ontario and Alberta also have the highest provincial totals of COVID-19 cases in the country. B.C. has 348 cases as of Friday, while Ontario has 311 and Alberta has 195.