Here are the latest local, regional and national headlines on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) for Saturday, January 23, 2021: There have been 250,226 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across Ontario, an increase of 2,662 (or 1.1 per cent) from the previous day. There are 219,262 people recovered from the virus while 5,701 people have died. The number of Ontario people tested is 9,196,591 of which 41,819 have pending results. Canada’s coronavirus case total is 737,407. The country has 18,828 deaths from the virus – one in the Yukon, one in Nunavut, 1,128 in British Columbia, 1,512 in Alberta, 247 in Saskatchewan, 795 in Manitoba, 5,701 in Ontario, 9,361 in Quebec, 13 in New Brunswick, four in Newfoundland & Labrador and 65 in Nova Scotia.