Ontario logs fewer than 300 new COVID-19 cases, 2 more deaths
Ontario is reporting fewer than 300 new COVID-19 cases for the fifth day in a row and two more deaths on Friday.
Provincial health officials logged 256 new coronavirus infections, down from 296 on Thursday and 345 last Friday.
Step 2 in Ontario: What’s allowed to reopen?
Ontario is set to move into the next stage of its reopening plan on June 30, allowing small indoor gatherings to occur and personal care services to resume for the first time in months.
The province was originally scheduled to move to Step 2 on July 2, but, citing declining case counts and hospitalizations related to COVID-19, the government decided to move forward a few days earlier.
