BREAKING: Ontario reports 226 new cases of COVID-19 and 11 more deaths
On Thursday, theThe latest case count brings the rolling seven-day average of new daily cases to 170. This is the fourth day in a row that the seven-day rolling average has increased.Some 20,993 tests were completed in the past 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 1.1 per cent.
There are currently 117 patients in Ontario ICUs, 77 of them breathing with the help of a ventilator.The small uptick comes one month after Ontario entered Step 2, which allowed hair cuts and small indoor gatherings and two weeks after Ontario entered Step 3, which allows gyms, indoor dining and movie theatres to be open.
Infectious disease specialist Dr. Alon Vaisman told CP24 it’s too soon to tell whether the small uptick in cases is connected to reopening.
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