"The time for incremental measures has passed, and voluntary measures, requested Oct. 9, have not blunted the rise in cases," the letter read. 1:58 As COVID-19 cases continue to surge across Canada, provinces are implementing the short, sharp "circuit-breaker" lockdowns to fight the spread of the virus and prevent health-care systems from being overwhelmed. Texas on Wednesday became the first state with more than one million confirmed COVID-19 cases, and California is closing in on that mark. According to the COVID Tracking Project by The Atlantic, there have been about 15,000 new hospitalizations since the Nov. 3 election. If you have symptoms of the illness caused by the coronavirus, here's what to do in your part of the country.

Source: CBC News November 12, 2020 21:11 UTC