Ontario reported 2,357 new cases of the novel coronavirus Saturday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 153,614.
It marks the second-largest single-day increase to date in the province, behind Thursday’s total of 2,432.
Twenty-seven new deaths were reported, bringing the provincial death toll to 4,125.
“Locally, there are 665 new cases in Toronto, 448 in Peel, 174 in York Region and 170 in Windsor-Essex County,” Health Minister Christine Elliott said.
A total of 131,282 cases are considered resolved.
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More than 67,200 additional tests were completed, which is among all-time highs. Ontario has now completed a total of 7,302,120 tests, while 78,147 remain under investigation.
The province indicated that the positivity rate for the last day was 4.2 per cent, which is up from Friday when it was 3.9 per cent and last Saturday when it was 3.2 per cent.
There are 895 people hospitalized with the virus (down by 18), with 256 in intensive care (down by five) and 146 on a ventilator (down by 22).
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