Ontario reports more than 2,600 new cases of COVID-19, 87 deaths

Ontario is reporting 2,662 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, and 87 deaths.

71,750 tests have completed — 3.3 per cent confirmed positive.

There are an additional 3,375 resolved cases.

Friday is the third day in a row to see COVID-19-related hospitalizations decline, the latest count at 1,512.

The number of patients in the ICU have also declined for a fourth day in a row to 383.

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There are 779 new cases in Toronto, a decline compared to Thursday’s count — it was a higher number due to a data glitch at Toronto Public Health.

York Region is seeing a dip in new cases compared to the day before with 228, while Peel is seeing a higher number of cases with 542, Waterloo with 128, and 118 in Windsor-Essex.

As of 8:00 p.m. Thursday, 11,168 daily doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered, bringing the total to 264,985 administered. 

49,292 Ontarians are now completely vaccinated. 

There is a total now of 250,226 confirmed cases of the virus in the province reported to date.

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