Spiking infections in Windsor-Essex and Ottawa are fuelling a recent rise in Ontario COVID-19 case numbers that’s not yet being felt equally across the province. As of Saturday, Ontario’s 34 regional health units had reported an average of 158 new cases per day over the previous week. The Windsor-Essex health unit continues to report significant numbers of new infections among farmworkers daily; the unit says it has found 10 active workplace outbreaks, including six at farms. Quebec, which recently increased testing capacity to more than 16,000 a day, reported 171 new cases Saturday. As of 5 p.m. Saturday, Ontario health units had reported a total of 40,619 confirmed or probable cases with 2,794 deaths, up by 128 cases and two deaths in 24 hours.

Source: thestar July 25, 2020 22:18 UTC