Health-care workers make up roughly one in every 10 of the known COVID-19 cases in Ontario, totalling 229 lab-confirmed cases to date, CBC News has learned. Provincial officials did not provide a breakdown of Ontario's confirmed cases involving health-care workers by specific roles, transmission source or region. Waterloo region said 28 of the area's 117 confirmed cases are health-care workers. In Ottawa, there are 28 health-care workers and first responders out of 194 cases, while in York region, the count is 26 out of 325 cases. Health-care workers and advocates have raised concerns over looming shortages of the full range of protective gear.

Source: CBC News April 02, 2020 08:00 UTC