Ontario reports 1,009 new COVID-19 infections, eight additional deaths

Ontario health officials are reporting 1,009 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday.

In addition to the new cases reported today, officials recorded eight new deaths, pushing the total number of COVID-19-related fatalities in the province to 10,044.

Today’s case count comes after officials logged 928 new cases on Tuesday, 887 new cases on Monday and 1,184 new cases on Sunday.

On this day last year, 1,676 cases were reported.

Ontario’s rolling seven-day average now stands at 1,007, up from 821 at this point last week