reporting 409 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, bringing the provincial total to 48,496.Thursday’s case count is a jump back into the 400s after Wednesday saw 335 new cases.
Ontario cases have been, overall, on the upward trend over the last couple weeks.According to Thursday’s provincial report, 151 new cases were recorded in Toronto, 82 in Ottawa, 46 in Peel Region, 34 in York Region and 26 in Waterloo.All other public health units in Ontario reported 15 or fewer cases.
Woman waits 7 hours for COVID-19 test, calls it ‘unacceptable in a modern city like Toronto’ Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said more than 30,600 tests were processed in the last 24 hours.