TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 412 new cases of COVID-19 and 27 new deaths related to the virus today.
The province now has a total of more than 25,000 cases, which includes 19,146 resolved cases and 2,048 deaths.
The rise in cases represents a 1.7 per cent increase over yesterday's total, and the daily growth rate has hovered between 1.5 and 1.9 per cent over most of the last two weeks.
The province was able to complete 11,028 tests the previous day, which is still well below the province's capacity of 21,000 per day.
New testing regulations start today, with asymptomatic front-line health-care workers being tested across the province.
The province will also begin a second round of testing in long-term care homes, which have been hardest hit by COVID-19.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 23, 2020.
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