Ontario reports 270 new cases

THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 270 cases of COVID-19 and three deaths from the virus today.

Health Minister Christine Elliott says 47 of the new cases are in Toronto, 44 are in Waterloo Region and 42 are in Peel Region.

Elliott says the data is based on more than 13,800 tests.

The province says 323 people are in intensive care with COVID-19-related critical illness and 202 patients are on ventilators.