The rate of COVID-19 testing in the part of the city hit hardest by the virus is lagging behind other neighbourhoods, data newly posted by Toronto Public Health shows. At the same time, all eight of those neighbourhoods had rates of testing below the average for neighbourhoods where there was data available. Dr. Eileen de Villa, the city’s medical officer of health, said Monday that more testing is needed to “fully understand” what’s happening in those neighbourhoods. She said Toronto Public Health (TPH) has worked with the province and community partners on creating mobile testing sites to help increase accessibility to testing. For the week ending Oct. 10, the average test positivity in Toronto was 3.1 per cent.

Source: thestar October 19, 2020 22:07 UTC