BREAKING: Ford says province has entered second wave after 41,000 tests see 700 new cases

Ford said that the second wave will be "worse than the first wave" that was experienced during the first half of the year.

Ontario recently ramped up its testing capacity. While Ford's initial goal during the pandemic's start was around 10,000 tests a day, the province has recently eclipsed 41,000 with eyes set on 50,000 "within a month or so," the premier said on September 16. The province declared 700 new cases today, after a string of days in the 400s.

While cases continue to rise dramatically in the province, death rates have remained low. Since the start of September, the highest single daily death toll was four. Since July 20, only one day has seen more than five deaths, with August 28 seeing six dead.

“Please follow the health guidance, please download the COVID-19 alert app, please get your flu shot this year,” Ford said.

Ontario chief medical officer Dr. David Williams said that while the second wave wont be the "tsunami-type wave" that some might expect, but that the province was being careful in observing how it will "impact [Ontario's] systems."