Ontario logs highest daily case count since May with 1,290 new infections, 10 deaths

Ontario health officials are reporting the highest number of new COVID-19 cases since late May on Thursday with 1,290 new infections.

In addition to the new cases reported today, 10 new deaths were recorded, pushing the total number of COVID-19-related fatalities in the province to 10,054.

Today’s case count comes after officials logged 1,009 new cases on Wednesday, 928 new cases on Tuesday and 887 new cases on Monday.

Ontario’s rolling seven-day average now stands at 1,055, up from 851 at this point last week.

With 40,242 tests processed in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health says the positivity rate in the province stands at about 3.5 per cent.