coronavirus on Thursday, bringing the provincial total to 62,196.Thursday’s case count is a slight increase from Wednesday which saw 731 new infections and Tuesday’s with 746.According to Thursday’s provincial report, 239 new cases were recorded in Toronto, 136 in Peel Region, 127 in York Region, 89 in Ottawa, 40 in Durham Region and 28 in Halton Region.
All other public health units in Ontario reported under 25 new cases.Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said nearly 40,000 tests were processed in the last 24 hours.
The government has said it’s looking at increasing testing capacity to 50,000 tests a day by mid-October.However, there is currently a backlog of 36,314 tests that need results.