Ontario reporting 257 new COVID-19 cases, most in Windsor-Essex

Ontario is reporting 257 new cases of COVID-19.

According to numbers released Monday, all but 80 cases are in Windsor-Essex.

The results come as the government and local health units ramped up testing of farm workers this weekend.

After extensive testing this weekend of temporary workers in Southwestern Ontario, the province is reporting 177 new cases of #COVID19 in Windsor-Essex, with another 80 new cases across the rest of the province. There were over 27,000 tests processed yesterday.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) June 29, 2020

Last week, Premier Doug Ford voiced his frustration with the lack of testing on farms.

Since then, the government added new mobile testing units and new policies allowing asymptomatic but COVID-19 positive farm workers to stay on the job.

The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Ontario  now stands at 34,911.

Of those, 30,196 are marked as resolved.

There are also seven new deaths related to the virus, bringing the death toll to 2,665 in Ontario.

Over 27,000 tests were processed on Sunday.