Ontario sees 3,270 new COVID-19 cases, 3 additional cases of variant 1st detected in U.K.
Number of people in hospital with COVID-19 up 192, total now at 1,190
Ontario is reporting another 3,270 cases of COVID-19 and three more cases of a more contagious new strain of COVID-19 first discovered in the United Kingdom.
On Monday, the seven-day average of daily cases approached 3,000 for the first time.
Health officials said the three new cases of the coronavirus variant are either linked to travel or a close contact of someone who has travelled.
Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Ontario's associate chief medical officer of health, said two of the cases — one in Toronto and one in York Region — had recently travelled to the U.K.
She said the third case, in Peel Region, is a close contact of someone who recently travelled to Dubai.
The province now has a total of six confirmed cases of the new strain.