Ontario did 10,506 tests for the novel coronavirus Wednesday — far below its capacity of 21,000.
testing next week, after Ontario’s testing rates dropped in recent days and continue to lag well behind its capacity.
“It’s frustrating, believe me it’s frustrating. But in saying that, I do have confidence in Ontario Health and with the public health .” Ontario reported 413 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, and 31 more deaths. That brings the province to a total of 24,187 cases, which is an increase of 1.7 per cent over the previous day.
“It’s not going to be as if it’s all of a sudden going to take a dive and we’re going to be down to number 200 ,” she said.
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