Ontario increases capacity limits for sporting, recreational events as province sees 727 new COVID-19 cases
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Ontario's chief medical officer of health Dr. Kieran Moore is providing an update on the province's COVID-19 response at 2:30 p.m. ET.
CBC News is carrying the news conference live.
Ontario reported 727 new cases of COVID-19, 11 more deaths linked to the illness and the most vaccinations on a single day in more than a month, the day after Ontario's new vaccine passport system went into effect.
At a news conference Friday afternoon, provincial Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore announced an increase to capacity limits in several settings requiring proof of vaccination, starting Saturday.
Effective at 12:01 a.m., sporting events, meeting and event spaces, concerts, theatres, cinemas will be able to operate at 50 per cent capacity or up to 10,000 people.
At outdoor event venues where patrons stand, capacity limits will increase to up to 75 per cent capacity or 15,000 people (whichever is less). Where patrons are seated, that limit will be 75 per cent capacity or 30,000 people.
Moore called the vaccine certificate system that kicked in earlier this week in Ontario a "gamechanger," for businesses.
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