COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the provincial total to 336,070.However, Thursday’s case count is an overestimation by about 280 cases due to data catch-up related to the provincial system, the Ontario government said.Despite the inclusion of older cases, Ontario still recorded more than 2,000 new infections.
The province hasn’t seen a figure that high since the tail-end of the surge at the end of January.According to Thursday’s provincial report, 1,016 cases were recorded in Toronto, 294 in Peel Region, 244 in York Region, 152 in Ottawa, 90 in Durham Region and 79 in Hamilton.All other local public health units reported fewer than 70 new cases in the provincial report.The death toll in the province has risen to 7,280 as 17 more deaths.