Premier Doug Ford, alongside provincial ministers, is delivering an update on Ontario's COVID-19 response on Tuesday.

Ford on Monday said the provincial government will provide $125 million in funding for more than 500 additional critical care beds in hospitals in COVID-19 hot-spots across the province as case numbers and hospitalizations spike.

Ontario is reporting 1,913 new cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the provincial total to 242,277.

However, the Ontario government said due to a “technical issue” there was “likely” underreporting in cases from Toronto Public Health.

Toronto is reporting 550 new cases when the local public health unit has ben recording 815, 1,035 and 903 new infections over the last several days.

Still, Tuesday’s report marks the first time a single-day increase in cases has been below 2,000 since Dec. 28, when 1,939 were reported and is the lowest increase in cases since Dec. 13, when 1,677 were reported.

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