Ontario's Daily COVID-19 Case Count Is The Highest It's Been Since July

Active cases are just above 1,100.
Ontario's Daily COVID-19 Case Count Is The Highest It's Been Since July
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Ontario's new COVID-19 cases took a jump today to the highest number they've been in over a month.

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The number of new cases on August 28 was 148, the most it has been for any day in the entire month of August, and also since July 24, when 195 new cases were being reported.

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New COVID-19 cases in Ontario

According to a tweet from Minister of Health Christine Elliott, this marks a 0.4% increase from the previous day. She also noted that 27 out of 34 public health units were reporting fewer than five new cases, with 18 of those reporting none at all.

Within the last 24 hours, more than 32,100 tests were completed across Ontario, bringing the overall total to 2,916,275, according to the province's COVID-19 case summary.

The current active case count for the province stands at 1,103, according to the latest data from the Canadian epidemiological summary.

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    Colin Leggett was a Contributing Editor with Narcity Canada. He wrote on the national news team for over a year and contributed to coverage of the 2019 Canadian Federal Election, as well as the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Colin has a Bachelor's Degree in Communications and Cultural Theory from McMaster University, as well as a graduate certificate in Television Writing and Producing from Humber College. He is an avid consumer of politics and pop culture, having written about everything from food to television to Canada-U.S. relations.

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