COVID-19 cases on Friday, marking another single-day high for the second day in a row. The provincial total now stands at 408,383.Friday’s case count surpassed Thursday’s which held the previous record of 4,736 new cases as the province continues to grapple with surging COVID-19 hospitalizations.
In the past seven days, five of those saw daily case numbers above 4,000.According to Friday’s report, 1,469 cases were recorded in Toronto, 851 in Peel Region, 491 in York Region, 366 in Ottawa, 268 in Durham Region and 204 in Hamilton.All other local public health units reported fewer than 200 new cases in the provincial report.The death toll in the province has risen to 7,664 as 25 more deaths were recorded.