The Ontario government reports 857 new cases of COVID-19 and eight more deaths related to the virus.
Saturday’s case count is slightly higher than Friday, when 848 new infections were reported.
Provincial officials noted that one person died on Friday, and through a review of the data, it emerged that seven others died more than a month ago. The total number of people killed is now 9,605.
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According to the latest provincial data report, 170 new cases were registered in Toronto, 100 in the Peel region, 77 in the York region, 73 in Ottawa, 55 in Hamilton, 50 in Windsor-Essex and 33 in Simcoe-Muskoka. The rest of the public health units had less than 30 new cases each.
It was also reported that 756 cases were considered resolved on Friday. To date, 558,021 of the 573,835 people in Ontario who tested positive for coronavirus have had their cases classified as resolved.
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