Still, Health Minister Christine Elliott cautioned that vaccinations are "still months away" and urged people to continue to follow public health guidelines. This news comes as Ontario reported 1,589 more cases of COVID-19 on Monday, another single-day record as Toronto and Peel Region move into a second lockdown. 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 as the threshold for when unrelated surgeries and procedures are likely to be postponed because of burdens on the hospital system. "The Ford government cut back on public health protections just as the second wave was starting to surge, and set disastrously high thresholds for action.
Source: CBC News November 23, 2020 15:22 UTC