As new cases of COVID-19 remain manageable and hospitalizations decrease, Premier Doug Ford will announce Monday that Ontario is moving into the third stage of reopening the economy. Sources close to Ford, speaking on background in order to discuss internal deliberations, said officials are poring over the data from regional public health units to determine which regions can open first. As it was with stage two, which took effect last month, Toronto and Peel Region will likely be among the last regions to reopen. On Sunday, Ontario reported 129 new cases of COVID-19, but there are only 116 people in hospital, 29 in intensive care units with just 19 on ventilators. Robert Benzie is the Star's Queen's Park bureau chief and a reporter covering Ontario politics.

Source: thestar July 12, 2020 22:18 UTC