Ontario's confirmed COVID-19 cases jumped by 550 to 5,276 Wednesday, the largest single-day jump in cases of the virus in the province yet.
There are also 21 more COVID-19 deaths reported in Ontario, with the total now sitting at 174. The Ministry of Health reports 2,074 COVID-19 cases that are “resolved,” meaning the person has recovered.
A total of 84,601 people have been tested for the virus in the province, and 1,102 people are still under investigation for COVID-19.
Ontario has 605 people in hospital for the virus. Of those, 246 are in the ICU, and 195 are in the ICU on a ventilator.
Public Health Sudbury & Districts is still reporting 26 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases. The last positive case was reported Saturday.
One person has died from COVID-19 in this region.
The health unit says there are 14 resolved cases. A total of 1,052 tests have been done in this region to date, with 773 people testing negative, and 253 people currently under investigation.
In Northern Ontario, there are now 106 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19. That's up from 103 yesterday — the three new confirmed cases were in the Thunder Bay area. Two days ago, there were 96 confirmed positive cases in the north.
In Canada as a whole, there are 18,447 cases of COVID-19 (that includes 18,433 confirmed cases and 14 probable ones). There are now 401 people with COVID-19 who have died in this country.
