Ontario is reporting 2,005 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday and 18 more deaths linked to the virus. Sunday's figure marks the lowest number reported since Dec. 14, when 1,940 new COVID-19 cases were recorded. (Note: All of the figures used for new cases in this story are found on the Ontario Health Ministry's COVID-19 dashboard or in its daily epidemiologic summary. Ontario identifies first cases of COVID-19 U.K. variantSunday's update comes one day after Ontario announced its first two confirmed cases in the province of the COVID-19 variant, first identified in the United Kingdom. 2:45Also on Saturday, Ontario entered into a provincewide lockdown in a bid to curb rising cases of COVID-19.

Source: CBC News December 27, 2020 15:37 UTC