Ontario to update latest coronavirus projections

By The Canadian Press

Ontario health officials are set to release updated COVID-19 modelling today.

The associate chief medical officer of health, Dr. Barbara Yaffe, has said the forecasts are “generally looking better,” but the province is not out of the woods yet.

The last modelling was released April 3, when projections showed that 1,600 Ontarians could die and 80,000 could be infected under the current restrictions at the time.

That same day, Premier Doug Ford ordered more businesses closed.

The latest data shows that there have been 10,578 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ontario, including 553 deaths.

Previous modelling also showed that by today, under the “best case scenario,” more than 1,200 people confirmed to have COVID-19 would be in intensive care units, but currently that number is at 247.

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