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TORONTO —
Ontario has shattered a COVID-19 record as health officials logged more than 4,200 cases on Friday, citing a data backlog that accounts for about 450 of the new infections.
As the first week of 2021 comes to an end, the province recorded 4,249 novel coronavirus infections and confirmed 26 more deaths related to the disease.
According to the Ministry of Health, there was a data upload delay at Toronto Public Health and therefore approximately 450 additional cases were included in Friday’s count. These cases were primarily from Jan. 5 and 6.
If those 450 cases were removed from Friday’s total there would still be 3,799 new infections logged, which is a record for the province.
The province saw daily case counts climb above the 3,000 mark over the past four days with a previous record of 3,519 infections logged on Thursday.
There were 3,266 cases of the disease recorded on Jan. 6 and 3,128 on Jan. 5.
The province’s seven-day average for number of cases recorded is now 3,394, up from 2,480 one week ago.
There were 71,481 COVID-19 tests completed in the province in the last-recorded 24-hour period.
The province’s test positivity rate now stands at about 6.2 per cent, according to the Ministry of Health.
Of the new infections logged on Friday, 1,382 are in Toronto, 691 are in Peel Region, 427 are in York Region, 213 are in Niagara, 154 are in Ottawa, 170 are in Durham Region, 184 are in Windsor-Essex, 176 are in Hamilton, 134 are in Halton Region, and 147 are in Waterloo Region.
Other areas that recorded more than 50 cases of the disease on Friday include Simcoe Muskoka (75), Lambton (56) and Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (85).
Friday’s case count brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Ontario to 208,394, including deaths and recoveries. The province’s death toll is now 4,882.
In an effort to help curb the spread of the disease, all of Ontario is currently under lockdown until Jan. 25.
This is a breaking news story. More details to come.
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