Published Friday, January 29, 2021 10:20AM EST
Last Updated Friday, January 29, 2021 10:55AM EST
The number of new cases of COVID-19 has dipped back below 2,000 after a one-day bump on Thursday, marking the resumption of a downward trend that has now been underway for weeks.
The Ministry of Health says that there were 1,837 new cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus confirmed over the last 24 hours as well as another 58 deaths.
Thirty-two of those deaths involved residents of long-term care homes.
The latest daily case counts pushes the province’s rolling seven-day average down from 2,128 to 2,010. It had stood at 3,273 two weeks ago but has been on the decline since then.