Ontario logs more than 700 new COVID-19 cases for third straight day
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Ontario is reporting more than 700 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday for the third day in a row.
Health officials confirmed 728 new infections on Saturday as well as five more deaths related to the disease.
The new cases represent a slight decrease from the 793 infections logged Friday. Ontario reported 711 COVID-19 cases on Thursday, 512 on Wednesday and 481 on Tuesday.
The seven-day average of daily infections continues to rise. As of Saturday, the average stands at about 635, up from 563 the previous week.
With a little over 31,100 COVID-19 tests that were processed in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health says the province's positivity rate is about 2.3 per cent.
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