Ontario reports 1,476 new COVID-19 cases as positivity rate jumps
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Ontario health officials reported 1,476 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, marking the fifth straight day in which infection numbers rose above the 1,000 mark.
The province reported 1,009 new cases on Wednesday, 1,290 new cases on Thursday, 1,453 new cases on Friday and 1,607 new cases on Saturday, which marked the highest case count seen since late May.
Ontario’s rolling seven-day average now stands at 1,235, up from 926 at this point last week.
With 38,477 tests processed in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health says the positivity rate in the province on Sunday rose to 5.4 per cent from 4.6 per cent. The last time the province reported a positivity rate this high was on May 25 when it stood at 6.2 per cent.
The province recorded eight more deaths on Sunday, bringing the total death tally in the province to 10,078.
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