Ontario projects 3,000 to 15,000 coronavirus
deaths under current measures
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Ontario Public Health predicts the province could see between 3,000 to 15,000
coronavirus deaths in the province over the course of the pandemic under the
current intervention measures.
Without any measures, they predict 100,000 deaths by the end of the pandemic.
Officials expect 1,600 deaths and 80,000 cases by April 30 under the current
scenario.
President of Public Health Dr. Peter Donnelly explained that projections and
modeling of a brand new viral disease are “very inexact, but what is important is
that we use them early and quickly to advise us to the correct measures to take.
That is what has happened in Ontario.”
He adds the full scope of the pandemic could last anywhere between 18 months
and two years due to potential secondary and tertiary waves of the coronavirus.
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