TORONTO -- Ontario health officials are reporting 959 new cases of COVID-19 and seven more deaths due to the disease.
This past week, officials reported 788 new cases on Monday, 687 new cases on Tuesday, and 780 new cases on Wednesday.Ontario’s rolling seven-day average now stands at 851, up from 692 at this point last week.
With 38,480 tests processed in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health says the positivity rate in the province stands at about 2.9 per cent. The province recorded seven more deaths on Thursday, bringing the total death tally in the province to 10,012.
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