Ontario reports 3,301 new COVID-19 cases, four additional deaths

Ontario is reporting over 3,300 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday as the provincial positivity rate continues to rise.

In addition to the new cases reported today, officials recorded four new deaths, pushing the total number of COVID-19-related fatalities in the province to 10,111.

Ontario’s rolling seven-day average now stands at 2,156, up from 1,194 at this point last week.

Today’s case count comes after officials logged 3,124 new cases on Friday, 2,421 new cases on Thursday and 1,808 new cases on Wednesday.

With 54,407 tests processed in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health says the positivity rate in the province stands at about 8.9 per cent.