Ontario reports 481 new cases of COVID-19, one additional death

Ontario health officials are reporting 481 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday.

Officials also recorded one new deaths, pushing the total number of COVID-19-related fatalities in the province to 9,938.

Today’s case count comes after officials logged 552 new cases on Monday, 666 new cases on Sunday and 661 new cases on Saturday.

Ontario’s rolling seven-day average now stands at 579, up from 492 at this point last week.

With 18,965 tests processed in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health says the positivity rate in the province stands at about 2.5 per cent.