Update:
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says that although he's encouraged by the 9,000 COVID-19 tests performed yesterday, he wants to see 14,000 people tested for COVID-19 each day in the province by the end of the month.
Meanwhile, health minister Christine Elliott says that Ontario has built 'unprecedented capacity at remarkable speed' in terms of addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, pointing to an increase of 1,500 critical care beds and more than 1,000 acute care beds in Ontario hospitals since the beginning of the pandemic.
Ford told reporters during Thursday's address that new modelling numbers for provincial COVID-19 projections will be gathered this week, and could be released as early as next week.
Original story:
Ontario Premier Doug Ford holds his daily press conference on the COVID-19 situation this afternoon at 1 p.m. from Queen’s Park in Toronto
He will be joined by Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Dr. Merrilee Fullerton, Minister of Long-Term Care, to make an announcement.
The press conference will be streamed live on Ford’s YouTube channel, and Village Media will carry the livestream feed, so stay tuned.
