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MONTREAL — Researchers from across Canada will collaborate on a vast clinical trial to study whether the plasma of recovered patients can be used to treat COVID-19.

COVID-19 has sickened thousands of Canadians from coast to coast and killed more than 340.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every province and territory.

The head of the Canadian Police Association says he is worried about the increasing number of COVID-19 threats officers face while responding to calls.

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 10:50 p.m. The federal government says it will release information Thursday outlining how COVID-19 could affect Canada in the coming weeks and months.

CALGARY — A privacy expert says Alberta's plan to use smartphone technology to enforce quarantines should come with a clear end date and detailed explanation of how data would be handled.

EDMONTON — Albertan Premier Jason Kenney has announced some details about what he calls the province's relaunch strategy. The plan focuses on gradually boosting the economy while preventing a second wave of COVID-19.

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:33 p.m. ET on April 8, 2020: There are 19,291 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

TORONTO — Canada's confirmed cases of COVID-19 surged past 19,000 on Wednesday, with more than 500 deaths ascribed to the raging global pandemic as Quebec became the province with the most fatalities attributed to the disease.

Mounties say they're investigating the death of an eight-year-old boy in British Columbia's Interior.