Ontario reports more than 2,400 new COVID-19 cases
Ontario reports more than 2,400 new COVID-19 cases
The province s seven-day average for new infections hits a new high By NOW Staff
Ontario reported 2,408 new cases of COVID-19 and 41 deaths on December 23.
Today’s case count pushed the seven-day average for new cases (a measure public health officials consider more accurate indicator of virus spread) is at a new high of 2,304.
The province detected 2,202 cases on Tuesday, 2,123 on Monday, 2,316 on Sunday and 2,357 on Saturday.
Of today’s infections, 1,255 – more than half – were in people age 39 and younger.
Another 2,243 cases are now considered resolved and labs in the province conducted 56,660 tests. The testing positivity rate is now 4.8 per cent.
Ontario reports over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases for fifth straight day
Ontario reports over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases for fifth straight day
The province confirms 2,357 new infections as Toronto sounds alarms over hospital capacity By NOW Staff
Samuel Engelking
Ontario reported 2,357 new COVID-19 cases and 27 more deaths on December 19 as the province extends lockdown measures in Toronto and Peel.
It’s the fifth consecutive day daily case growth has topped the 2,000 mark in the province.
The continuing surge in new infections has prompted Premier Doug Ford to extend lockdown restrictions in Toronto and Peel through January 4, and move Hamilton into lockdown on Monday.
Ontario reports nearly 2,500 new COVID-19 cases
Ontario reports nearly 2,500 new COVID-19 cases
The Ontario Hospital Association is calling from stricter lockdown measures as Toronto cancels holiday camps By Julia Mastroianni
Samuel Engelking
Ontario reported 2,432 new cases of COVID-19 on December 17, the highest daily case count the province has seen since the beginning of the pandemic.
This is the third consecutive day cases have surpassed the 2,000 mark. There were 2,139 new cases on Wednesday, 2,275 on Tuesday and 1,940 on Monday.
The growing case numbers have prompted the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) to call for a four-week lockdown in every public health unit with an infection rate of 40 new cases per 100,000 people or higher.
TORONTO Ontario reported more than 2,400 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday, the highest number of cases recorded in a single day since the start of the pandemic. The 2,432 new infections reported mark the third straight day in which the province has logged more than 2,000 cases of the novel coronavirus.
Thursday s report also shows that the seven-day average number of cases reported in Ontario has crossed 2,000 for the first time. With 58,178 tests processed in the last 24 hours, Ontario s COVID-19 positivity rate stands at about four per cent. This brings Ontario’s COVID-19 case total to 148,967, including 4,058 deaths and 127,425 resolved cases. Twenty-three of those deaths occurred in the last 24 hours, according to data released by the province Thursday. At least 13 of those deaths were in residents of a long-term care home.