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Ontario reports over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases for eighth straight day

Ontario is reporting over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases for an eighth straight day.
The province added 2,557 new cases on Thursday with seventy-four per cent in the hot spots around the GTHA and Ottawa.
It’s the highest daily count in Ontario since late January with the death toll now at 7,389 after another 23 people died.
The recovery rate remains steady at 92 per cent.
Test positivity, the percentage of tests coming back positive, is at 4.8 per cent.
Over 62,000 tests were done in the last 24 hours and over 84,000 vaccines were given.
Casey Kenny
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.

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