Local Ontario health officials urge regional approach to reopening

A group of the province’s 34 regional medical officers have agreed on a list of potential targets for infection rates and other criteria

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Ontario’s local medical officers of health are calling for more detailed benchmarks before reopening more of the province’s economy, while urging Queen’s Park to consider a regional approach to allow areas harder-hit by COVID-19 to open up at their own pace.

“You’ll certainly agree that the data are clear: COVID-19 has unfolded differently in many different parts of the province,” Dr. Loh writes. Other documents obtained by The Globe show that all 34 local medical officers of health are also proposing specific benchmarks for hospitals to be met in each local health unit, such as keeping the occupation rate of acute-care beds below 85 per cent capacity.

It’s the second straight day of fewer than 300 new cases, which follows several consecutive days of more than 400.

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