reporting 700 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, marking a new record for the most daily infections ever recorded in the province.The last highest case number was on April 24 when 640 cases were reported, however, only 12,295 tests were completed on that day.Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said more than 41,100 tests were processed in the last 24 hours.
A total of 3,849,337 tests have been completed since the pandemic began. There are currently 49,586 people awaiting test results.According to Monday’s provincial report, 344 new cases were recorded in Toronto, 104 in Peel Region, 89 in Ottawa and 56 in York Region.All other public health units in Ontario reported 20 or fewer cases.