Ontario Is Reporting Its Highest Active COVID-19 Cases In Almost A Month
Ahead of students going back to school, the province is already dealing with some troublesome pandemic numbers, with Ontario's active COVID-19 cases reaching their highest in nearly a month.
The province reported 112 new cases on September 1, bringing the current active total to 1,240. That is the highest the number has been since August 4, when it reached 1,245.
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Active COVID-19 cases in Ontario
Ontario Minister of Health Christine Elliott wrote in a tweet that 27 of the province's 34 public health units were reporting five or fewer cases, with 18 reporting none at all.
Additionally, Ontario counts 65 patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Among them, 17 are in ICU, including five who are currently on a ventilator.
This comes on the heels of the entire country recording its highest number of active cases in weeks, reaching 5,016 over the weekend and climbing further to 5,604 as of August 31.
