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COVID-19: LATEST NEWS AND NUMBERS

–Physical isolation could save as many as 4,400 lives in Ontario by the end of this month, according to COVID-19 pandemic modelling released by the provincial government Friday. But even with current strategies to limit spread, as many as 15,000 Ontario residents could die during the course of the pandemic, provincial health officials say. Without current public health measures, officials say 100,000 people could have died in Ontario during the course of the pandemic.

If Ontario does everything that it can think of, we could reduce the death toll to somewhere between 3,000 and 15,000. There is a range, because where we end up depends on all of us, according to Dr. Peter Donnelly, President and CEO of Public Health.

The current model estimates the province will reach 80,000 cases and 1,600 deaths by the end of the month.