Ontario’s latest presumptive case of COVID-19 is the husband of the Toronto woman diagnosed with the virus earlier this week, the Ministry of Health confirmed Thursday morning in a press release.

The man is in his 60s and is currently at home in self-isolation, according to the release.

"We are working alongside Toronto Public Health, who is now and will continue to be in regular contact with this individual during their self-isolation period," said Dr. Williams, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health said on Thursday.

The man’s wife, who is also in her 60s, went to Sunnybrook hospital on Monday and was cared for “using appropriate precautions.”

The woman was discharged to her home the same day and went into self-isolation.

She had recently travelled to Iran, where a rash of new cases — some fatal — have put the country on edge.

Her tests have been sent to the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg awaiting confirmation.

Toronto public health staff interviewed the woman to determine what risks she may have posed to others between her return from Iran on Feb. 15 and her trip to Sunnybrook hospital in a mask on Monday.

“This is careful work that needs to be done in a very detailed fashion so that we can come up with an appropriate risk assessment and inform the public,” Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto’s chief medical officer, told a news conference at Queen’s Park on Wednesday.

Dr. Williams added that “you want to make sure you’re planning and prepared. That is key.”

There will be a press conference at 3 p.m. on Thursday to discuss the case.

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