Ontario sees 848 new COVID-19 cases over last 2 days as small business group calls for capacity changes
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Ontario logged 848 new cases of COVID-19 over the last two days, the Ministry of Health says, as a group that represents independent businesses called on the province to explain why capacity limits were lifted for major venues while restrictions remain in place for small businesses.
The ministry published two days worth of pandemic data Tuesday because no updated figures were released on Thanksgiving, a statutory holiday.
The seven-day rolling average of daily cases fell to 525, marking 10 straight days of decline.
Two more deaths linked to the illness were also reported over the same 48-hour period, pushing the official toll to 9,792.
Here are some other key pandemic indicators and figures from the Ministry of Health's daily provincial update:
Patients in ICU with COVID-related illnesses: 149, with 104 needing a ventilator to breathe.
Tests completed in the last 48 hours: 39,065, with an average positivity rate of 1.9 per cent.
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