Ontario Debates New Pandemic Measures as COVID-19 Cases Rise

Ontario Premier Doug Ford holds a press conference at Queen's Park during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Dec. 21, 2020. The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette

TORONTO—Ontario’s cabinet was to consider new measures Monday to fight skyrocketing rates of COVID-19, but a curfew was not one of them.

The discussion over additional restrictions was to take place as the province recorded more than 5,000 deaths from the virus.