For the third consecutive day, health officials have confirmed more than 400 new cases of COVID-19 in Ontario.
A laboratory technical assistant at LifeLabs, handles a specimen to be tested for COVID-19 after scanning its barcode upon receipt at the company's lab, in Surrey, B.C., on March 26, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl DyckTORONTO -- For the third consecutive day, health officials confirmed more than 400 new cases of COVID-19 in Ontario.
The province recorded 412 new cases and 27 more deaths related to the novel coronavirus Saturday morning, marking a 1.7 per cent increase over the day prior. The number of new cases is down slightly over Friday’s report when the province confirmed 441 new infections —the highest daily increase in new cases since May 8 — a jump Ontario Premier Doug Ford called "And while the five-day rolling average of new cases has continued to increase since May 12, the number of tests performed in Ontario has fallen short of its testing capacity for the sixth consecutive day.
According to the Ministry of Health, the province performed 11,028 in the last 24 hour period, a far cry from the government’s goal to complete tests 16,000 daily. The province has previously said that it has the capacity to conduct at least 20,000 tests a day.” if testing numbers continue to fall below what is expected.The number of resolved COVID-19 cases however continues to outweigh active cases in the province at 19,146 recoveries or 76.5 per cent.
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