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COVID-19 has sickened thousands of Canadians from coast to coast and killed hundreds.

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:24 p.m. ET on April 13, 2020: There are 25,682 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

REGINA — The wife of a man who died after being diagnosed with COVID-19 says her husband did everything he could to avoid catching it and couldn't fight it off when he did. Noble Gullacher, 69, was a diabetic who was waiting for a kidney transplant.

OTTAWA — An Ontario court says a lawsuit launched by a would-be Conservative leadership candidate who is seeking to get into the race can go ahead.

OTTAWA — For earthquake scientists, having hundreds of millions of people off the streets and out of the skies is providing a bonanza of data about the planet.

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 5:46 p.m. Alberta is reporting 81 new cases of COVID-19. The province's chief medical health officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw says the total number of cases is now at 1,732.

OTTAWA — Employers bringing thousands of agricultural labourers into Canada in the coming weeks will be required to quarantine them before they can work, and the federal government is promising to offset some of the costs.

OTTAWA — Nearly 5.4 million Canadians are receiving emergency federal aid, with hundreds of thousands more claims waiting to be processed, the federal government said Monday, providing another snapshot of the economic fallout from COVID-19.

OTTAWA — British Columbia Conservative MP Marc Dalton has deleted a tweet asking whether it is time to start reopening businesses if most of the deaths from COVID-19 in this country are of older people in long-term care homes.

MONTREAL — Quebec has placed an additional five private long-term care homes under watch amid concerns that they're not able to properly respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier Francois Legault said Monday.