coronavirus on Friday — marking the second highest one-day increase to date — bringing the provincial total to 151,257.Friday’s case count is the fourth consecutive day that cases are above 2,000 after 2,432 new infections were recorded on Thursday (a record high), 2,139 on Wednesday, and 2,275 on Tuesday.According to Friday’s provincial report, 691 cases were recorded in Toronto, 361 in Peel Region, 296 in York Region, 207 in Windsor-Essex and 126 in Hamilton.All other public health units in Ontario reported under 100 new cases in the provincial report. ‘I’ll live to see another day’: COVID-19 survivor describes effects of virus 8 months later The death toll in the province has risen to 4,098 as 40 more deaths were reported.Ontario has.