Ontario has recorded another significant surge in COVID-19 cases, reporting nearly double the number of new infections than yesterday.
195 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. On Thursday, the province recorded 103 new infections.
"Locally, 26 of 34 PHUs are reporting five or fewer cases, with 15 of them reporting no new case," Health Minister Christine Elliott said in a tweet published Friday morning. There were three additional COVID-19-related deaths in the past 24 hour period, bringing the total number of fatalities to 2,758.
There are now 141 patients in Ontario hospitals with COVID-19. Of those 141 patients, 31 are being treated in an intensive care unit, 20 of which are breathing with the assistance of a ventilator., released by the province, these are the regions reporting the most new cases:
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