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Ford and Elliott Test Negative for COVID19

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Ford and Elliott held a joint news conference the day before with Lecce to announce a childcare reopening plan

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Minister of Health Christine Elliott have tested negative for COVID-19.

The premier’s office said Wednesday he was being tested after learning that Education Minister Stephen Lecce had come into contact with someone who was infected.

Ford and Elliott held a joint news conference the day before with Lecce to announce a child-care reopening plan.

Lecce's announced on Twitter late Wednesday that his test result came back negative.

Ontario is reporting 203 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday bringing the province to a total of 31,544.

That's an increase of 0.6 per cent over the previous day — the lowest growth rate in new cases since early March.

The results coincide with a record number of tests completed at 24,341. The province also reported 12 new deaths for a total of 2,487. There are 25,885 resolved cases, 505 more than the previous day.

 

— With files from The Canadian Press

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