Ontario reports lowest daily COVID-19 case count since Oct. 18

BREAKING: For the second time this week, Ontario's daily COVID-19 case count hit its lowest level in more than seven months.

Provincial health officials logged 663 new cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus today, the lowest single-day tally in Ontario since Oct. 18.

With 22,645 tests processed over the past 24 hours, the province is reporting a positivity rate of 2.8 per cent. That is down from 4.2 per cent last Sunday.Another 10 virus-related deaths were confirmed today, bringing Ontario's COVID-19 death toll to 8,854. Declining case counts and hospitalizations in recent weeks has prompted to the province to take a look at reopening patios and shuttered businesses a little earlier than expected.

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