Ontario projects 3,000 to 15,000 deaths due to COVID-19 pandemic

VIDEO: Ontario health officials have released the COVID-19 modelling data featuring projections of how many people could die as a result of the pandemic.

The information includes the projected cases of COVID-19 in Ontario by April 30, the projected number of deaths in Ontario by April 30, and the projected number of deaths in Ontario over the course of the pandemic.

The projections from Public Health Ontario suggest without strong public health measures to combat the pandemic, the death toll could have reached 100,000 people in the province.

With the current measures in place, which include physical distancing and self-isolation, officials say between 3,000 and 15,000 could die of COVID-19 in the province.

They warned existing steps must stay in place to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Dr. Peter Donnelly, president of Public Health Ontario, says even more needs to be done to prevent the death toll from climbing beyond the more conservative projections.

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Here is the modelling data featuring the projection of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario.