Coronavirus: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on Dec. 5

Here are the latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Saturday:

St. Lawrence farmers’ market moves back indoors

The St. Lawrence farmers’ market moved back indoors Saturday after a review of the province’s coronavirus framework.

Last weekend, the Saturday market moved outside after Toronto was moved into lockdown. However, city officials said after a full review of lockdown restrictions, it was determined that the market is permitted to operate inside.

“The farmers’ market has long been a weekly aspect of the permanent indoor St. Lawrence Market, which is permitted to be open under the regulations as it is essential food retail,” a city statement read.

“This allows the Saturday Farmers’ Market to operate indoors with COVID-19 precautions in place.”

Toronto Raptors will adapt to Tampa, Ujiri says

The Raptors begin team practices Sunday in Tampa, where they’ll play their “home” games at Amalie Arena at least for part of the season due to Canada’s travel restrictions around COVID-19.

Raptors president Masai Ujiri spoke to the media for nearly 40 minutes Saturday, touching on a wide range of issues and said that the team will adapt to their temporary home.

Status of cases in the GTA

Ontario reported a total of 1,859 new coronavirus cases on Saturday.

Of those:

• 504 were in Toronto
• 463 were in Peel Region
• 198 were in York Region
• 41 were in Durham Region
• 68 were in Halton Region

Ontario reports record number of new cases

Ontario reported 1,859 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 125,385.

It marks the largest single-day increase in cases to date, ahead of 1,855 on Nov. 27.

Twenty new deaths were also reported on Saturday bringing the provincial death toll to 3,757.

Ministry of Long-Term Care reports 5 more deaths

According to the Ministry of Long-Term Care, there have been 2,270 deaths reported among residents and patients in long-term care homes across Ontario, which is up by five.

There are currently 107 outbreaks in long-term care homes, which is down by five.

— With files from The Canadian Press