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Coronavirus: Toronto officials increase health measures amid worsening pandemic

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Toronto officials are taking steps to increase health measures in response to the worsening coronavirus pandemic, as the city has seen an increase of 500 per cent in the number of cases over the past two weeks.

Toronto Mayor John Tory made the announcement alongside Toronto’s medical officer of health, Dr. Eileen de Villa, and Toronto’s general manager of emergency management, Matthew Pegg, at a news conference at City Hall on Wednesday.

It’s been 64 days since the first confirmed case in Toronto and 50 days since the World Health Organization gave the virus the name COVID-19.

On March 18, Toronto had 102 confirmed cases and 43 probable COVID-19 cases. Ten people were in hospital and four people in ICU (intensive care unit).

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