TORONTO Ontario health officials are reporting just over 1,100 new cases of COVID-19 as the province’s positivity rate drops significantly. The province reported 1,135 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday. The new cases come after officials reported 1,095 new infections on Wednesday and 1,039 new infections on Tuesday. Tuesday’s case count marked the lowest number of daily reported infections since the beginning of March. Ontario’s rolling seven-day average now stands at 1,441, down from 2,131 at this point last week. With 37,705 tests processed in the past 24 hours, the Ontario Ministry of Health says the positivity rate dropped significantly from 5.3 per cent on Wednesday to 3.6 per cent on Thursday.
TORONTO Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares was back on the ice for a skate on Thursday, one week after suffering a concussion and a knee injury in a scary collision. Tavares skated at Scotiabank Arena with fellow Leafs forward Nick Foligno (lower-body injury), who will miss his third straight game in Toronto s playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. The Leafs lead the best-of-seven series 3-1. Tavares was checked to the ice in the first period of last Thursday s 2-1 loss in Game 1 by Canadiens defenceman Ben Chiarot into the path of an onrushing Corey Perry, who was unable to avoid contact. Perry s knee hit Tavares face.
TORONTO Sophia Bent says she wouldn’t wish what she has been through this past year on her worst enemy. It took her a year to find the strength to visit the site where her 21-year-old son Dimarjio Jenkins a promising Toronto rapper known by his stage name Houdini was murdered in a truly brazen shooting in Toronto’s entertainment district. And on that anniversary Wednesday she attended an emotional vigil surrounded by family, friends, fans known as “Houligans,” and other mothers who had lost sons to gun violence all wanting something to change in a city still facing shootings of alarming frequency.
Premier Doug Ford has written a letter to dozens of medical experts and stakeholders asking them for their input on a potential reopening of schools in June.