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Ontario announces new restrictions to blunt the spread of COVID-19, closing provincial borders, extending the province’s stay-at-home order, shutting down outdoor recreational amenities, halting non-essential construction and giving new powers to police and bylaw officers
High COVID-19 case rates will continue through the summer, Ontario science advisory table warns, unless stronger measures are implemented and immediate support provided for essential workers and high-risk communities
Ontario reports 4,812 new cases, a record daily high. 345 new cases reported in Ottawa
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Friday that Ontario’s stay-at-home order will remain in effect for two weeks longer than initially scheduled, hours after the province’s science advisory table warned that a six week lockdown was needed to rein in rising COVID-19 infections already overwhelming the province’s health-care system.