At Thursday's daily COVID-19 briefing, Premier Doug Ford said a complete team from Public Health Ontario remains in the region for support. The remaining cases were found mostly in Toronto and Peel Region, with the public health units reporting 27 and 28, respectively. Thirty of Ontario's 34 public health units confirmed five or fewer new COVID-19 cases today, and 20 of those 30 had no new cases at all, Health Minister Christine Elliott said in a series of tweets. But a CBC News count based on data provided directly by public health units puts the real toll at 2,740, with no new deaths confirmed yet today. Some of the measures will make it easier for public health units to redeploy staff for contact tracing efforts and ease restrictions for staffing at long-term care homes.

Source: CBC News July 09, 2020 13:37 UTC