Ontario reported an additional 148 cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, its highest daily case count since July 24. The update brings the province's total number of cases to 42,083 since the novel coronavirus outbreak began in January. In a series of tweets, Health Minister Christine Elliott said 27 of the province's 34 public health units reported five or fewer cases. After falling to below 80 on Aug. 9, the five-day rolling average of new daily cases — a measure that smoothes peaks and valleys in data — has been trending upward since. A CBC News count based on data from public health units, a measure that avoids lag times in the provincial reporting system, however, puts the actual toll at 2,839.

Source: CBC News August 29, 2020 14:34 UTC