Ontario reports highest daily COVID-19 case count since pandemic began with more than 5,700 new infections
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Ontario has logged more than 5,700 new COVID-19 cases for the first time since the pandemic began, breaking a record for the highest number of infections reported in a day.
Health officials reported 5,790 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday. The highest daily number of infections previously reported was 4,812 cases on April 16.
Today's infection count comes after the province confirmed 3,301 new cases on Saturday, 4,177 new cases on Sunday, 3,783 new cases on Monday and 3,453 new cases on Tuesday and 4,383 new cases on Wednesday.
Ontario's rolling seven-day average has soared to 4,001, up from 1,674 at this point last week.
With 68,191 tests processed in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health says the province's positivity rate rose on Thursday to 16 per cent, which marks the highest rate ever.
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