Premier Doug Ford is blaming a sudden and steep drop in processing of COVID-19 tests on lax local health units, but one of his own top advisers cites supply shortages and a flawed weekend lab courier system. Williams pledged to help local health units “do whatever they need to do.”The premier also mused about moving to an Alberta-style system, where public health functions are centralized within the provincial government. Ministry of Health figures showed the number of people in hospital for COVID-19 took another increase, rising by 59 to 1,043 after a drop the day before. Across Canada, federal public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said Tuesday there have been 61,159 cases and 3,915 deaths. In Ontario, 12,779 people who came down with COVID-19 have recovered, the Ministry of Health said.

Source: thestar May 05, 2020 16:56 UTC