Premier Doug Ford drew a distinction between Ontarians flouting public health measures through private gatherings and establishments that openly defy the province's COVID-19 rules Tuesday. The "gold-standard" COVID-19 tests need to be processed in a lab, which can take at least a day. The announcement comes as a data error resulted in an artificially low daily total of 1,009 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday. The number of cases for any region may differ from what is reported by the local public health unit, because local units report figures at different times.] Public health officials have identified 150 patients in ICUs as the threshold for when unrelated surgeries and procedures are likely to be postponed because of burdens on the hospital system.

Source: CBC News November 24, 2020 15:33 UTC