Ontario had more than 2,500 ventilators by March 27 , 2020 .
In response to the anticipated increase in patients requiring critical care , the Ontario government announced on March 27 that over 3,000 ventilators are ready to be deployed in Ontario ( compared to the current capacity of approximately 1300 critical care beds with ventilators and 43 patients requiring critical care as of March 27 ) .
2020 coronavirus pandemic in Ontario