CANADA's Ontario province reports more than 2,500 new COVID-19 cases, highest daily case count since late January!

People are ushered in to a COVID19 testing centre at St. MichaelÕs Hospital in Toronto December 12, 2020.

Ontario is reporting more than 2,500 new cases of COVID-19 today and 23 more deaths, marking the highest daily case count reported in the province since late January.

Provincial health officials confirmed 2,557 new cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, up from 2,333 on Wednesday and 2,336 on Tuesday.

It is the highest daily case count recorded since January 22, which 2,662 new infections were logged.
Another 23 virus-related deaths were confirmed today, the highest daily death toll since Feb. 25.

With 62,290 tests processed over the past 24 hours, the provincewide positivity rate is now 4.8 per cent, according to the Ministry of Health.

The rolling seven-day average of new cases now sits at 2.341, up from 1,794 one week ago.