A fourth case of the novel coronavirus that has killed more than 200 people in China and sickened thousands of others has been confirmed in Canada.
The new case is in a patient in London, Ont., according to an Ontario government source.
The case has been confirmed by Canadas National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg, the source added.
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The provinces chief medical officer of health is expected to share more details about the case at a news conference at 2:30 p.m. EST Friday.
Three other cases of the new virus, known as 2019-nCoV, have been confirmed in Canada, one in British Columbia and two in Ontario.
The first patient in Canada to be diagnosed with the disease caused by the novel coronavirus was released from hospital Friday, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto said.
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