Ontario reports highest number of new COVID-19 cases in three months
Ontario is reporting its highest number of new cases of COVID-19 in three months as record hospitalization numbers continue to place further strain on the healthcare system.
The Ministry of Health says that there were 4,227 new cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus confirmed on Thursday, along with another 18 deaths.
It is the highest number of new cases in any 24-hour period since 4,249 were reported back on January 8.
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Ontario orders hospitals to halt non-emergency surgeries as COVID-19 patients fill ICUs
The Ontario government’s health agency is telling hospitals across most of the province to stop performing all but emergency and life-saving surgeries because of the growing caseload of COVID-19 patients, CBC News has learned.
A memo was sent to hospitals Thursday night telling them to postpone their non-emergency surgeries, effective Monday, everywhere but in northern Ontario.
“Given increasing case counts and widespread community transmission across many parts of the province, we are facing mounting and extreme pressure on our critical care capacity,” says Ontario Health CEO Matthew Anderson in the memo, obtained by CBC News.
