Ontario reports 2,453 new COVID-19 cases and 16 more deaths; hospitalizations continue to rise
Ontario reported more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases for a third day in a row, as hospitalizations hit a high not seen since early February.
Provincial health officials logged 2,453 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday and 16 additional deaths.
Today marks the highest single-day case count since Jan.22 when 2,662 were reported.
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By the time Pedro Gomez Marin met the surgeon who would remove his oral cancer and rebuild his jaw, the tumour in his neck was nearly as big as a golf ball.
The mass had ballooned since Mr. Gomez Marin, a retired owner of a landscaping and snow removal business, first noticed a bump that felt like a small nut three months earlier. The 71-year-old, who goes by Peter, needed major surgery right away.
“[The surgeon] told me that this type of cancer Peter has is quite an aggressive, fast-moving cancer. It has already spread into the bone in his jaw,” said Karen Leahy-Gomez, Peter’s wife of nearly 40 years.
