Ontario is reporting 700 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death.
Numbers reported Monday mark a more than 40 per cent increase from the 491 cases reported Sunday.
Ontario is reporting 700 cases of #COVID19 with more than 41,100 tests completed. Locally, there are 344 new cases in Toronto with 104 in Peel, 89 in Ottawa and 56 in York Region. 60% of today’s cases are in people under the age of 40.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) September 28, 2020
Over 41,000 tests were completed, while almost 50,000 are still under investigation.
Another 36 COVID-19 cases have been reported in publicly-funded schools across the province, with at least 27 cases in students.
There are 224 with a reported case of the virus.
According to provincial data, there are 128 people hospitalized with COVID-19. Of those, 29 are in intensive care and 17 of those are on ventilators.
There have been 50,531 cases of COVID-19 in Ontario. 85 per cent of those are resolved.
The number of deaths sits at 2,840.
There are 4,564 active cases of COVID-19 in the province.
Here’s how the numbers break down in our region:
Haldimand-Norfolk: 0 new cases, 5 active cases
Brant: 1 new case, 16 active cases
Niagara: 12 new cases, 86 active cases
Halton: 14 new cases, 171 active cases
Hamilton: 38 new cases, 98 active cases **new cases are since Friday as Hamilton does not update its COVID-19 numbers on weekends
