Today marks the one year anniversary of “Patient Zero” — the first COVID-19 case in Ontario.
On Jan. 23, 2020, a 56-year-old man, who had just returned from China, was admitted to Sunnybrook Hospital and two days later, he was diagnosed with COVID-19 or the so-called “Wuhan novel coronavirus.”
Since then, over 5-thousand deaths in the province have been related to the virus, but Health Minister Christine Elliot says now that vaccines are being distributed across Ontario, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Ontario health officials reported 1,958 new COVID-19 cases today, along with 43 more deaths related to the virus.
Since the first case of #COVID19 was confirmed in Ontario one year ago today, we have been tested like never before. In year unlike any other, Ontarians have come together to support each other and have shown the world that the Ontario Spirit endures. pic.twitter.com/37xcBwVGn1
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) January 25, 2021
Today, Minister @celliottability and I issued the following statement to mark significant milestones Ontario has made since the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in this province on January 25, 2020.
Read our full statement:https://t.co/wPPRfQz9Lz pic.twitter.com/Sgqg7kkQVE
— Doug Ford (@fordnation) January 25, 2021