Ontario has built nearly 6,700 long-term care beds with another 18,000 beds in the pipeline, a far cry from the province's goal to add 58,000 new or upgraded beds by 2028.

The new data is contained in the province's fall economic statement that Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy tabled at Queen's Park today.

The province launched an ambitious plan in 2021 to modernize long-term care.

That came in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that killed thousands of people in nursing homes.

The province says 44 long-term care homes have been built, with another 104 either under construction or approved.

Long-Term Care Minister Natalia Kusendova-Bashta did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the latest data.

The province recently launched a new capital funding program to stimu

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