Ontario topped the 3,000-mark of COVID-19 cases and approached 100 deaths on Thursday as Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre announced a neonatal intensive care nurse has come down with the illness. That’s up 404 cases or 14 per cent from the same time Wednesday, when 82 deaths had been reported. Last Thursday, there were 938 cases since the virus first arrived in late January and just 16 deaths. Of that number, 167 were in intensive care and 112 of them were in critical condition and breathing with the assistance of ventilators. Nationally, there were at least 10,114 cases confirmed as of 11 a.m. Thursday and 127 deaths, according to figures from Public Health Canada.

Source: thestar April 02, 2020 15:22 UTC