Asked about the province’s sixth COVID-19 wave and lack of regular pandemic updates to the public, Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said an increase in cases was “not unexpected” and that hospitals have capacity to handle an increase in cases. “At this point, we are able to now learn to live with some continued cases of COVID,” she said.
- Ontario COVID update: 857 people in hospital, 168 in intensive care
- Ontario COVID numbers: 855 people in hospital, 165 in intensive care