Premier Ford is scheduled to make public at noon Friday what can only be called a best-guess estimate of just how many people may succumb to the COVID-19 virus. Having seen the appalling actual death tolls reported elsewhere it’s hard to imagine how clear-headed Ontarians will find the estimate unexpected. Critically, the largest unknown in any calculation is how conscientious people are in social distancing and isolation.
462 new COVID-19 in Ontario reported Friday
The Ministry of Health has reported 462 new COVID-19 cases, and 14 new deaths Friday morning taking the provincial total including recovered patients up to 3,255. Ontario reported 401 new cases on Thursday. This informative government website says that some 1245 cases remain under investigation.
Real estate sales slow
Elsewhere, an expected slowdown in the real estate market has been reported by the Toronto Real Estate Board in March. It is yet another of the countless aspects of business that have been crippled as people simply stay home.
