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Ontario tops 3,000 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, ICU numbers reach pandemic high
by News staff
Last Updated Apr 3, 2021 at 10:50 am EDT
A man walks past a COVID-19 retail supplies sign during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Feb. 5, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Ontario has topped 3,000 new COVID-19 new cases for the first time since Jan. 17 as the record for patients in the Intensive Care Unit hit a pandemic COVID-19 pandemic record of patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
There were 3,009 cases reported Saturday with over 59,100 tests completed. Another 16 deaths related to COVID-19 were also reported.
Toronto saw the highest number of cases with 954 while Peel reported 434, and 348 cases in York Region. Outside the GTA, Ottawa had 205 new COVID-19 cases and Hamilton reported 146.
The Ontario Hospital Association says it welcomes the province-wide shutdown now in effect, but says more measures need to be in place to fight COVID-19.
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