Ontario reported 2,447 new cases of COVID-19 on December 24, a new record high for the province.
The province detected 2,408 new cases on Wednesday, 2,202 on Tuesday and 2,123 on Monday.
“Locally, there are 646 new cases in Toronto, 502 in Peel, 263 in York Region and 173 in Windsor-Essex County,” Health Minister Christine Elliott wrote on Twitter.
The seven-day rolling average for new COVID-19 cases is now at 2,306. Public health officials consider this number a more accurate reflection of virus spread.
There are currently 19,809 active cases in Ontario, and hospitalizations are back down just below 1,000 at 967 patients.
There are 277 patients in intensive care on December 24, and 152 of those patients are on ventilators.
The province completed 64,592 tests in the past 24 hours, marking a 3.8 per cent positivity rate.
An additional 3,468 vaccinations have been administered in the past day, a jump from yesterday’s count of 1,841. A total of 8,718 vaccinations have been administered so far.
An additional 49 people have died in the past day, the highest daily death toll the province has seen since May 12. Of those deaths, 35 were long-term care residents.
To date, there have been 165,110 total cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, including 141,023 resolved – up 2,013 from the day before. There have been 4,278 deaths.
The province is poised to enter a new lockdown at 12:01 am on December 26. The measures will force the closure of non-essential retail and schools. Stores allowed to remain open will be subject to capacity limits.
New COVID-19 cases in Ontario on December 24
The following regions reported five or more new cases of COVID-19:
Toronto = 646
Peel = 502
York Region = 263
Windsor-Essex County = 173
City of Hamilton = 101
Niagara Region = 93
Durham Region = 92
Region of Waterloo = 82
Ottawa = 77
Middlesex-London = 67
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph = 63
Halton Region = 55
Simcoe Muskoka District = 38
Southwestern = 30
Eastern Ontario = 30
Thunder Bay District = 20
Lambton = 20
Brant County = 16
Haldimand-Norfolk = 11
Peterborough = 9
Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District = 8
Grey Bruce = 8
Huron Perth = 8
Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington = 7
Chatham-Kent = 6
Sudbury & Districts = 5
Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District = 5
