Toronto surpassed a milestone on Thursday, having now administered more than seven million COVID-19 vaccine doses to its residents.Toronto Mayor John Tory made the announcement alongside Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health Dr.
Eileen de Villa at the Metro Hall vaccine clinic on Thursday. Ontario COVID numbers: 1,676 people in hospital, 205 in intensive care “The point of acknowledging this today is not to celebrate and do one of those routines where we declare everything over and done with — in fact, quite the opposite,” he said.“I’m happy at the fact that Torontonians can see the city and see themselves moving to a different stage of the pandemic where life is a bit closer to normal, but I’m concerned that we have lots of ground to make up when it comes to third and fourth doses in particular.”Tory congratulated the city for hitting the seven million-dose milestone, and thanked people for “stepping forward to get vaccinated.”“You have contributed to your own health and the collective health of all of your fellow Torontonians,” he said.De Villa called the news an “incredible accomplishment.“Seven million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in a city of 3 million people,” she said.Toronto has reached another vaccination milestone: seven million doses have been administered to date!Thankful to all of the Torontonians that continue to get vaccinated and to #TeamToronto that work day in and day out to bring vaccines straight to Torontonians.
pic.twitter.com/wmTDr18qC7— John Tory (@TorontosMayor) May 5, 2022However, Tory said “our job is not over.”“We still have a task in front of us to make sure people get those third and fourth doses,” Tory said, adding that the booster doses “do make a difference.”Tory urged the public.