Ontario reported 826 new cases of coronavirus on Friday, bringing the provincial total to 68,353.
Friday’s case count is a slight decrease from Thursday which saw 841 new cases but an increase from Wednesday at 790. Active cases in Ontario now stand at 6,474.
According to Friday’s provincial report, 292 new cases were recorded in Toronto, 186 in Peel Region, 87 in Ottawa, 72 in York Region, and 38 in Durham Region.
All other public health units in Ontario reported under 35 new cases.
The death toll in the province has risen to 3,080 as nine more deaths were reported. Wednesday and Thursday each reported nine more deaths as well.
Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said more than 40,000 tests were processed in the last 24 hours. The government has said it hoped to increase testing capacity to 50,000 per day by mid-October.
Ontario is reporting 826 cases of #COVID19 as over 40,000 tests were completed. Locally, there are 292 new cases in Toronto, 186 in Peel, 87 in Ottawa and 72 in York Region. There are 733 more resolved cases.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) October 23, 2020
The per cent positivity for processed tests and positive cases in Friday’s report was 2.1 per cent, down from yesterday at 2.2 and Wednesday at 2.4.