Ontario logs 1,095 new COVID-19 cases as key measures continue decline – CBC

Number of active cases fell to about 17,727 after peaking at nearly 43,000

May 26, 2021

Ontario reported 1,095 additional cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday along with 23 more deaths of people with the illness.

With the exception of the 1,039 infections logged Tuesday — the day following the Victoria Day long weekend — it’s the fewest new cases since March 16.

It’s also considerably down from last Wednesday, when the province reported 1,588 cases. Because testing in Ontario generally follows a weekly cycle, it is usually most helpful to compare the same days of the week.

Labs finished 24,008 tests, far below the system’s total capacity, and Public Health Ontario reported a provincewide positivity rate of 5.3 per cent. While overall testing levels have gone down in recent weeks, so too has the rolling average of positivity rates, suggesting that week-over-week, there have been fewer and fewer new cases to find.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/covid-19-ontario-may-26-2021-fao-long-term-care-1.6040690