The province's $5.6 million in funding is an approximately 10.8 per cent increase in funding for Northumberland Hills Hospital in Cobourg, Ont.

"I'd like to get these owners who don't put air conditioning — I'd like to stick them in the room for 24 hours at 30 degree heat [and] see how they like it."

In a photo sent to CP24, Elliott is seen wearing a mask while shopping in the wine section of an LCBO, although she said she was following the medical advice that she was given.

Doug Ford's office said Wednesday he would get tested after learning that Education Minister Stephen Lecce had come into contact with someone who was infected.

The government said the Minister of Education Stephen Lecce was tested for COVID-19 after he learned he came into contact with someone who had tested positive.

Minister of Health Christine Elliott said there hadn't been enough people going to assessment centres in the past week, even though the province eased up the testing criteria.

Health-care employees in Hamilton want the Ford government to give all front-line workers, including maintenance, clerical and lab staff, the 'pandemic pay' raise.

The new guidelines will help Ontario take full advantage of the testing capacity it has built, and will help the province more effectively identify and contain cases among vulnerable populations.

Hospitals in the Greater Toronto Area are starting to limit protective gear for doctors and nurses amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Included under health care and frontline workers eligible for child care are doctors, nurses, paramedics, firefighters, police and correctional officers.