The Ontario Hospital Association urged residents Wednesday to follow public health measures in an effort to help address capacity issues, particularly in intensive care units across the province.

The southwestern Ontario region became a hot spot for the virus this month, as a spike in cases among migrant workers led to hundreds of positive cases and two deaths.

Officials in Windsor, Ont., say the decision to partially close the Canada-U.S. border to slow the spread of COVID-19 is for the best despite the inevitable impact it will have on the local economy.