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Ontario adds over 4,200 coronavirus cases, including 450 previously unreported due to data backlog
coronavirus on Friday, a single-day record in the province, bringing the provincial total to 208,394.However, due a data backlog, the province said some cases in Friday’s daily total are older than the last 24 hours.“Due to a data upload delay at Toronto Public Health, approximately 450 additional cases have been included in today’s count. These cases were primarily from January 5th and 6th,” the Ontario government said.Despite Toronto Public Health’s data delay, and even without including the 450 older cases, Ontario is still reporting a record number of new coronavirus cases at just under 3,800.Thursday, the province reported the previous record of new cases in a day with 3,519.