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Ontario associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe said on Monday that the number of cases confirmed in the province had increased to 1,706 cases in total. She said that there were 23 deaths in total confirmed by the province, but through local health units they also had 10 additional deaths reported, bringing the actual total to 33. Yaffe added that 4,000 people had been tested in the past 24 hours and the backlog of testing was decreasing.

Amid reports some workers in long-term care facilities were being told not to wear masks on shift, Yaffe said that if health care workers are performing their job in a long-term care facility that is experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak, they should be wearing personal protective equipment.

After several people were confirmed dead in a long-term care facility in Bobcaygeon, Ont. chief medical officer of health Dr. David Williams said that procedures have changed in long-term care homes so that as soon as a person is symptomatic, they will assume it's a COVID-19 outbreak and enact measures before testing is even done. He said they're also bringing in more training, staffing, improved cleaning and other methods to prevent a further outbreak.

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