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More than 1,700 people have now died in Toronto from COVID-19, according to public health officials, but the true toll of this virus on our city has yet to be seen in full particularly by way of which local businesses will still be standing when the pandemic ends.
More than 140 bars and restaurants alone have closed since the first emergency order was first declared in March, and with Toronto under lockdown yet again, we expect to see many more.
Business owners had been largely understanding and even supportive of their forced closures since the pandemic hit most people are keen to do their part, after all, in stopping the spread of COVID-19 but sentiments took a sharp and sour turn in late November when Doug Ford s provincial government deemed big box stores safe to stay open.