Canada reported an additional 1,778 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, as well as 99 deaths.

The numbers, which were reported through updates from provincial health authorities across the country, bring Canada’s total confirmed cases of COVID-19 to 36,823.

As of April 20, a total of 1,690 deaths have also been linked to the virus while more than 12,500 people across the country have recovered.

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Monday’s update in cases comes amid new plans for the federal government to meet during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also made a vow to change the nation’s policies on how personal protective equipment (PPE) from the national stockpile would be handled after its expiry date.

The promise came amid news of over two million N95 respirator masks and thousands of other PPE being thrown out in 2019 because they had expired five years earlier.

More to come…

— With files from the Canadian Press and Global News reporter Amanda Connolly 

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