Ontario reports significant jump in COVID-19 infections with more than 3,000 new cases

Ontario's seven-day average of daily cases has jumped by more than 700 infections in the past week.

On Friday, health officials logged an additional 3,124 cases of the novel coronavirus, as well as five deaths related to the disease.

The number of cases reported daily in Ontario have been increasing at a steady rate over the last four days. There were 2,421 infections on Thursday, 1,808 on Wednesday and 1,429 on Tuesday.

The last time the province reported more than 3,000 cases in a day was on May 9, when 3,216 infections were reported

The rolling seven-day average of daily COVID-19 cases now stands at about 1,914, up from 1,194 the previous week.