#BREAKING: Today March 1, 2020, Ontario has reported four new positive cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Three of the cases are in York Region and one case is in Toronto. All patients are now in self-isolation.
Although Canada has said that the risk to catching the virus are low, citizens are advised to take the precautionary measures to hinder the spread of the virus by washing hands and maintaining regular cleanliness.
In these 4 new cases, all four people have recently travelled to countries where the virus has spread. One of the people had travelled to Iran with his family and returned to Toronto this past Wednesday.
Public health officials say 15 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 have been diagnosed in Canada so far, with now eleven cases in Ontario. There’s been one presumptive positive case reported in Quebec. The first three cases in Ontario have now been resolved.
On Monday, March 2, 2020, the province’s chief medical officer of health Dr. David Williams will provide an update on all the existing cases.