$880 Fines For Party Goers in Toronto

If you party in Toronto, that could cost you $880.

Ask 14 people who got that bill.

It was a nice evening on Tuesday, September 22nd, the first evening of fall.

Perhaps that’s what 40 to 50 people in Scarborough were celebrating.

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14 of the partiers were fined $880.

https://twitter.com/PCArsenault/status/1308741242969354241

Under the Reopening Ontario Act, you can’t have big gatherings because of the pandemic that’s still going on.

In Ontario at the moment, gatherings are restricted to 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors.

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The numbers of cases have jumped up recently.

Here are the numbers from this week:

Ontario is reporting 335 cases of #COVID19 as more than 35,400 tests were completed. Locally, there are 102 new cases in Toronto with 79 in Peel and 65 in Ottawa. 69% of today’s cases are in people under the age of 40.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) September 23, 2020

Ontario is reporting 478 cases of #COVID19 as more than 34,200 tests were completed. Locally, there are 153 new cases in Toronto with 95 in Peel and 90 in Ottawa. 68% of today’s cases are in people under the age of 40.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) September 22, 2020

Ontario is reporting 425 cases of #COVID19 as more than 31,700 tests were completed. Locally, there are 175 new cases in Toronto with 84 in Peel and 60 in Ottawa. 67% of today’s cases are in people under the age of 40.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) September 21, 2020

Ontario is reporting 365 cases of #COVID19 as 40,127 tests were completed, a new provincial record as we continue to expand lab capacity. Locally, Toronto is reporting 113 new cases, with 108 in Peel and 38 in York. 69% of today’s new cases are in people under the age of 40.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) September 20, 2020

Mask up, social distance, wash your hands, stay safe.

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