48 new coronavirus cases confirmed in Ontario, total at 425
Posted March 22, 2020 11:06 am.
Last Updated March 22, 2020 8:06 pm.
Ontario reported 48 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, bringing the total in the province to 425.
While eight cases have been resolved, two new deaths were reported this weekend.
The province says a 72-year-old Markham woman who had recently travelled died after returning home Saturday.
Earlier in the day, Toronto Public Health announced a man in his 70s who was diagnosed with the virus after returning from the U.K. had also died on Saturday.
That brings the total number of deaths in the province to five.
More than 26,000 tests have been conducted by the province and over 8,300 cases are currently under investigation.