reporting 293 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, bringing the provincial total to 45,676.Thursday’s case count is a slight decrease from Wednesday which saw 315 new cases but is higher than Tuesday, which saw 251 cases.According to Thursday’s provincial report, 85 new cases were recorded in Toronto, 63 in Peel Region, 39 in Ottawa, 37 in York Region and 12 in Halton Region.All other public health units in Ontario reported 10 or fewer cases.
Ontario tightens private gathering restrictions to 10 indoors, 25 outdoors in Toronto, Peel and Ottawa: sources Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said more than 35,000 tests were processed in the last 24 hours.She also said 70 per cent of Thursday’s cases are people under the age.