Ontario reports spike in COVID-19 cases with more than 2,400 new infections

Ontario is reporting more than 2,400 new COVID-19 cases for the first time in seven months.

On Thursday morning, health officials reported 2,421 infections in Ontario, as well as nine deaths related to the disease.

The last time Ontario’s daily case count was this high was on May 15, when 2,584 cases of the novel coronavirus were reported.

The number of COVID-19 cases reported daily in Ontario has steadily increased over the past few days, with 1,429 infections reported Tuesday and 1,808 infections on Wednesday.

The province’s rolling seven-day average of COVID-19 cases now stands at about 1,674, up from 1,055 the previous week.