U.S. stocks and bond yields dropped Thursday, reflecting continued volatility in markets as investors around the world remain jittery about the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak. The Dow index plummeted more than 600 in early trading. The TSX was down more than 250.
Ontario virus cases jump to 22
Two more people in Ontario have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the province’s active cases to 22. Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams said one of the new patients is a woman in her 50s who returned to Canada from Italy on March 3 and later went to a hospital in Kitchener with symptoms. The second patient returned to Toronto from Iran on Feb. 29 and went to Sunnybrook HSC on March 3 with symptoms.
