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Ontario Premier Doug Ford urged residents to continue to follow physical distancing guidelines and to wear non-medical face masks when social distancing is not possible, a day after the province entered Phase 1 of its reopening plan.
The premier was joined by Deputy Premier and Health Minister Christine Elliott and Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney for a daily briefing Wednesday on the province’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
In addition, Mulroney said the province is recommending anyone travelling by public transportation to wear a face covering, except those who are under the age of two, has trouble breathing or is unable to remove a mask without assistance.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Saturday the province is busy preparing for flooding season even as it continues to deal with the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic.
Ford was joined by Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry John Yakabuski, Solicitor General Sylvia Jones and Health Minister Christine Elliott during a briefing on Saturday, May 2.
The premier said his government has set up a command centre in Peterborough, Ont., where water flow levels are monitored and has also sent surveillance flights over the northern parts of the province to monitor ice breaks.
British Columbia’s provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix provided an update on the province’s COVID-19 response on Tuesday.
Three more people, all of them residents of long-term care homes, died due to COVID-19 in British Columbia, Henry reported.
She also announced 27 new confirmed cases of the virus, bringing the province’s total to 1,517.
Henry reported one additional long-term care facility outbreak, which brought the number of care homes or assisted living facilities with ongoing active COVID-19 outbreaks to 21.
Quebec officials announced 342 new cases of COVID-19 during Sunday’s coronavirus update, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 2,840.
Quebec’s Premier, François Legault, told reporters that the number of deaths remains at 22.
There are now 192 cases of coronavirus requiring hospitalization in Quebec as of Sunday, with 72 cases in intensive care units.
Over 49,300 tests reported back negative in Quebec, with 6,300 cases under investigation.
Premier Legault said a total of 58,000 people in the province have been tested as of Sunday.
The Quebec government is enacting restrictions on free movement in certain areas to slow the spread of COVID-19. The province now has the highest number of reported cases in Canada.
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