Ontario reported a whopping 9,571 cases of COVID-19 on Friday. That's 3,781 cases higher than Thursday's case count, which — at 5,790 — was already the most cases ever logged on a single day in the province by a considerable margin. As Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario's chief medical officer health, said earlier in the week, record-high daily case counts will likely be the norm for weeks to come. However, Hilkene said the health minister will continue to tweet COVID-19 data except on Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. Provincewide test positivity rate: 18.7 per cent, up from 16 per cent on Thursday and 10.7 per cent on Wednesday.

Source: CBC News December 25, 2021 11:30 UTC