TORONTO -- Ontario reported 169 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, marking the highest daily number of infections recorded since the end of July.
This also the 10th day in a row where health officials have confirmed more than 100 cases of the novel coronavirus in Ontario. The last time the case count dropped into the double digits was on Aug. 26 and before that it was on Aug. 20.
In a post to social media, Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said that in the last 24 hours, the province processed a little more than 28,600 COVID-19 tests.