COVID-19.His office said Wednesday he would get tested after learning that Education Minister Stephen Lecce had come into contact with someone who was infected.Ford and Health Minister Christine Elliott held a joint news conference the day before with Lecce to announce a child-care reopening plan.
Lecce’s test result came back negative, and the premier’s office says today that Ford’s and Elliott’s were negative as well.Ontario is reporting 203 new cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the province to a total of 31,544.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]That’s an increase of 0.6 per cent over the previous day — the lowest growth rate in new cases since early March..