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.