The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Tuesday, June 22, 2021

By The Canadian Press

Posted Jun 22, 2021 12:05:50 PM.

Last Updated Jun 22, 2021 12:09:35 PM.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern):

10:25 a.m.

Nunavut is announcing eight recoveries of COVID-19 today, bringing the territory’s active case count to zero.

All eight recoveries are in Iqaluit, where an outbreak has been ongoing since mid-April.

There have been 262 cases in Iqaluit since April 14.

Iqaluit’s COVID-19 outbreak will be declared over if there are no cases over the next 28 days.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 22, 2021.

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