TORONTO -- Ontario is reporting more than 2,000 new COVID-19 infections Sunday.
The 2,005 cases bring Ontario’s total case count to 171,416, including deaths and recoveries.
Eighteen of those deaths occurred in the last 24-hour period, pushing the province’s COVID-19 death toll to 4,377. Fourteen of those who died were residents of a long-term care facility.
As well, 2,005 more cases are now considered to be resolved by the Ministry of Health. At least 147,178 people who contracted the novel coronavirus have recovered since the beginning of the pandemic.
Sunday’s report marks the thirteenth straight day in which the province has recorded more than 2,000 new cases of the disease.
The news comes a day after the province confirmed it found the first two cases of a new variant of COVID-19 in Ontario. The variant was identified in a couple from Durham Region, Ont. who had no known travel history, exposure or high-risk contacts.
Health officials for the province say the variant can spread “easier and faster,” but that there is no evidence to suggest that it is more likely to cause severe illness. The province also says that there is no evidence to suggest that the Health Canada-approved vaccines will be any less effective against the new variant.
First discovered in the U.K., the new strain has also been seen in Denmark, Japan, Israel and Sweden.
Additionally, for the third day in a row, the number of tests processed in the last 24 hours was not made available by the province.
This is a breaking news story. More to come.
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2020-12-27 15:15:00Z
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