Ontario previously limited the number of people per room in a daycare to 10. As of today, a maximum of 15 children – plus staff members – will be allowed in each 'cohort'
An empty pre-school room is seen at Compass Early Learning & Care, in Bowmanville, Ont., on June 24, 2020The number of kids in child-care centres is allowed to increase across Ontario today as the province continues its gradual reopening.
The groups of children must stay together throughout the program for at least seven days, and cannot mix with kids in different cohorts. The ministry says infants are excluded from the increased capacity, because they’ve never been allowed to be in groups of more than 10.The total number of cases now stands at 38,799, which includes 2,764 deaths and 34,461 resolved cases.The provincial government says it was able to complete more than 24,664 tests the previous day.It also says 82 people are in hospital because of the virus, including 30 people in intensive care and 18 on ventilators.
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