Ontario reported 1,940 new cases of coronavirus on Monday, marking the second highest single-day increase, to bring the provincial total to 142,121.
Monday’s case count is a jump from Sunday’s which saw 1,677 new infections. On Saturday, 1,873 cases were recorded and 1,848 on Friday. On Thursday, 1,983 cases were recorded which set a one-day record in the province.
According to Monday’s provincial report, 544 cases were recorded in Toronto, 390 in Peel Region, 191 in York Region and 134 in Hamilton and 114 in Windsor-Essex.
All other public health units in Ontario reported under 100 new cases in the provincial report.
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The death toll in the province has risen to 3,972 as 23 more deaths were reported.
Ontario has 857 people hospitalized with COVID-19 (up by 44 from the previous day), with 244 patients in an intensive care unit (down by nine) and 149 patients in ICUs on a ventilator (up by seven).
Ontario is reporting 1,940 cases of #COVID19 and nearly 57,100 tests completed. Locally, there are 544 new cases in Toronto, 390 in Peel, 191 in York Region, 134 in Hamilton and 114 in Windsor-Essex County. There are 1,535 more resolved cases.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) December 14, 2020
The government said 57,091 tests were processed in the last 24 hours which is similar to Sunday’s which saw 58,190 tests. There is currently a backlog of 32,045 tests that need results. A total of 7,019,734 tests have been completed since the pandemic began.
Meanwhile, 121,563 Ontarians have recovered from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, which is 85 per cent of known cases. Resolved cases increased by 1,535 from the previous day.
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Active cases in Ontario now stand at 16,586, up from the previous day at 16,204, and up from last Monday at 16,034.
The province notes that the number of cases publicly reported each day may not align with case counts reported by the local public health unit on a given day. Local public health units report when they were first notified of a case, which can be updated and changed as information becomes available. Data may also be pulled at different times.
The newly reported numbers for Monday’s report were pulled Sunday afternoon. Hospitalization numbers are valid as of Saturday.
More to come.