reported 213 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, bringing the provincial total to 44,068.Friday’s case count is the largest increase within 24 hours since June 29 when 257 cases were recorded.
However, it is also the most tests completed within a day in over a month.The death toll in the province has decreased by one death to 2,813.
A decrease in deaths can be the result of updated information.Meanwhile, 39,598 Ontarians have recovered from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, which is 90 per cent of known cases.