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Ontario sees single day highs in deaths and case numbers from COVID-19

April 17, 2020

Public Health Ontario has added 564 confirmed cases of COVID-19 to it’s provincial count.

The new confirmed cases brings the overall number of COVID-19 cases province wide to 9,525.

The agency says there have been another 55 deaths due to the virus, bringing the number of those who have died from the virus in Ontario to 478.

The number of those who have recovered from the virus in Ontario now sits at 4,556.

It’s a single day high in Ontario for both deaths from COVID-19 and case numbers.

Casey Kenny

A graduate of the Broadcast Journalism Program at Loyalist College, Casey has worked in newsrooms across the country for 20 years. Stops along his radio adventure include Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, North Bay, Stratford and now Kemptville. Casey is also a veteran play-by-play announcer and is the Voice of the Kemptville 73's Hockey Team. A proud uncle of eight nieces and nephews, Casey is happy to call Kemptville home now.