TORONTO – Slight drop in hospitalizations today in Ontario, but still many deaths: 14, bringing the total number of victims related to Covid-19, from the beginning of the pandemic, in Ontario, to 13,034.
[GTranslate]A new surge in Covid-19 infections in Ontario schools. Yesterday the record was recorded since the beginning of the school year: 518 cases – 440 are students, 77 teachers and 1 is a non-teaching member – which has increased the total number to 12,750. There are 1,168 schools where outbreaks of the virus are currently active while the number of schools closed has risen to 58. →
The planting season begins and human rights organizations and labour unions warn that new measures by the federal government to attract foreign seasonal agricultural workers for spring planting are not enough to prevent a repeat of the deadly outbreaks of Covid-19 of the last year in farms and food processing plants. →
