The COVID-19 pandemic

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Ontario implementing stricter public health measures as province sees record-high new cases.

Key points:

• Masks are now mandatory province wide starting Saturday
  
• Covid-19 testing will now be by appointment only
  
• Toronto, Ottawa and Peel now have tighter restrictions on restaurants, bars, halls and gyms
  
• Testing capacity to be increased - up to 50'000 per day throughout October and nearing 70'000 by November
  
• Schools are getting worse, with 37 new cases today. 318 schools province wide have outbreaks and 3 are now entirely closed
  
• Test backlog is over 90'000 (which would take about 2 days of round the clock processing to clear)
  
• Hospitals and laboratories in Ottawa are in a "crisis point"
  

Edit: Fixed the link! Thanks.