Toronto reported 268 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, bringing its total to 24,624. The news conference followed an earlier update by Toronto Public Health (TPH) that was presented to the city's board of health, which included two new interactive maps: one showing per cent positivity rates by neighbourhood and another showing testing rates by neighbourhood. Many neighbourhoods in the northwest part of Toronto continue to see relatively high per cent positivity and low testing rates for COVID-19, the city's board of health heard Monday. The current city-wide average is about 3.1 per cent positivity. Ontario's provincewide "high alert" positivity rate, which is used to set public health policy, is about 2.5 per cent.

Source: CBC News October 19, 2020 13:16 UTC