Increase in new cases in Ontario continues to slow; Ontario, Quebec take first steps to loosening restrictions – Toronto Star

May 4, 2020

The latest novel coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Monday (this file will be updated throughout the day). Web links to longer stories if available.

1:55 p.m.: New notice on TTC site says to allow for physical distancing, bus drivers may switch crowded buses to “drop off only” operation. “The LED sign on the front of the bus will indicate to customers waiting for a bus that the bus is full and is now in ‘drop off only’ mode.”

1:30 p.m.: Quebec is pushing back the reopening of retail stores in the greater Montreal area by one week, to May 18.

Premier Francois Legault said today there are too many COVID-19 patients in Montreal’s hospitals to safely open retail stores by the originally scheduled date.

Legault says the construction and manufacturing sectors across Quebec will reopen, as scheduled, on May 11.

Meanwhile, Quebec recorded another 75 COVID-19 deaths, for a total of 2,280, and the province announced 32,623 confirmed cases of the virus, an increase of 758 over the previous day.

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