Ontario reported 441 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday as the provincial death toll climbed to over 2,000.
That is the highest single-day increase since May 8 and it marks the third time in the last five days that more than 400 new cases have been reported.
For the fifth-straight day, the number of new cases outpaced the number of resolved cases.
Ontario’s growth rate in cases has steadily hovered between 1.5 and 1.9 per cent for 12 of the past 13 days.
Chief medical officer of health Dr. David Williams has said the numbers are in a plateau, and called it disappointing.
Another 28 people have died of coronavirus, bringing the provincial total to 2,021.
Of the 2,021 total deaths, 1,262 were in long-term care, Public Health Ontario reports. The Ministry of Long-Term Care reports that 1,486 people who died were in long-term care – a discrepancy attributed to a lag in reported deaths.
Provincial health officials also reported that there were no new outbreaks in long-term care homes.
For the second-straight day, more than 10,000 tests were completed but the total of 11,276 still fell short of the province’s target of 20,000 daily tests.
The provincial total of confirmed cases now stands at 24,628 with 76.2 per cent considered resolved.
The number of hospitalizations continues to slowly decline while ICU patients fell by two. However, the number of patients in ICU and on a ventilator climbed by three over the last 24 hours.