Ontario is reporting 9,826 new COVID-19 cases on Boxing Day after the province hit a grim record of more than 10,000 new cases the day before. The province saw a record 10,412 cases on Saturday, surpassing the previous record of 9,571, which was set Friday. Public Health Ontario reported a total of 11 deaths linked to COVID-19 over the weekend, four on Saturday and seven on Sunday. Cases of COVID-19 have been surging in the province due to the highly infectious Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus. She noted that not all hospitals report COVID-19 data on holidays or weekends.

Source: CBC News December 26, 2021 16:13 UTC