Coronavirus: Ontario to add 766 additional hospital beds amid COVID-19 pandemic | FULL

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Tuesday his government would invest an additional $116 million to “further increase our hospital capacity.”

Ford said the new funding would include an additional 766 beds in hospitals and other healthcare settings across the province, adding that the province is “continuing to build surge capacity” as it deals with a second wave of the novel coronavirus.

Ontario reported 827 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the total number of infections to 72,051.

Tuesday’s case count is a decrease from Monday’s, which saw 851 cases, and from Sunday at 1,042 cases – a single-day record. Active cases in Ontario now stand at 7,418.

The death toll in the province has risen to 3,103 as four more deaths were reported.
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