Ontario’s top doctor says COVID-19 numbers not low enough to ease restrictions

Ontario’s top doctor says he would like the province to get “well below” 1,000 daily cases of COVID-19 before current restrictions lift.

Dr. David Williams says the province is bending the COVID-19 pandemic curve, but the numbers are not low enough to lift the current stay-at-home order.

Ontario has been under a stay-at-home under since early April, when the government declared a state of emergency to address surging rates of COVID-19.

The health minister says the government is considering extending the current restrictions as experts advise the province to “stay the course.”

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