The meeting came ahead of a scheduled briefing from the province's COVID-19 science advisory table containing stark new forecasts for the weeks ahead. "Without stronger system-level measures and immediate support for essential workers and high-risk communities, high case rates will persist through the summer," the science advisory table said. Ontario reported 4,812 more cases of COVID-19 this morning, the most ever on a single day, marking three straight days of new peaks. A field hospital was built in the parking lot of Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto earlier this month. That's despite Ontario pleading with other provinces Friday to send nurses and other health workers as it buckles under surging COVID-19 infections.

Source: CBC News April 16, 2021 11:29 UTC