Ed Tubb

Experts said increase in daily case is not unexpected given loosening of pandemic rules, but they warn against ignoring the trend

Meanwhile, 32 more residents have died in long-term care compared to the previous day, with 218 LTC homes in outbreak.

A new Star investigation finds for-profit care homes in the province have worse outcomes than non-profit and municipal homes, even when accounting for older homes and higher COVID-19 rates in the community.

Over the past 365 days of the pandemic, the Star has been there to track and analyze the situation, compiling a day-by-day record of the virus’s local impact.

We closed playgrounds. Then we didn’t.

Even as the daily case count has dipped below 500 for the first time since September 2020 and vaccinations increase, experts point to the spread of the more transmissible B.1.617.2 or “Delta” variant as the most concerning threat on the horizon.

What’s changed, and what hasn’t, in the debate that will affect how we will protect ourselves from the spread of the Delta variant.

Health officials changing a key recommendation on the use of hospital PPE as Omicron cases surge in the province.

In two months, COVID-19 killed 85 unvaccinated Ontarians over 80. How vaccines have helped fight Omicron.

The end result is locking decades worth of taxpayer dollars into an antiquated model of elderly care that’s failed during the pandemic.