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COVID-19 cases have been on the rise this past weekend in Ontario.
Ontario saw a total of 2,460 new cases Saturday and Sunday. Case numbers were a record high on back-to-back days for the province.
The Middlesex-London Health Unit reported 37 new cases on Sunday. The highest case count in a single day since the pandemic began.
Those numbers contributed to the record-setting case count of 1,328 in Ontario on Sunday.
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Some places in London to have cases on Sunday
3 London firefighters tested positive for COVID-19.
Two fire stations are having to be deep cleaned, neither station name is being shared by the city.
Those infected are in quarantine, with those who may have been in contact have been tested and are in isolation awaiting their results.
The Thames Valley District School Board has said there’s been a positive case identified at Westminister Secondary School and another at Sir Frederick Banting.
The schools and buses will remain open and running, but some classrooms have been closed.
The death numbers are also increasing in Ontario. The province is reporting 13 more deaths, bringing its official death toll to 3,233.
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Ontario isn’t the only province to have record-setting daily case numbers
Quebec reported 1,397 new cases with 9 more deaths on Sunday.
As well, Saskatchewan reported 159 new cases with 1 death, a single-day high for the province.
Meanwhile, British Columbia is setting new restrictions in the Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health regions, after recent surges over the past few weeks.
The restrictions focus on social gatherings, travel, indoor group exercise and workplaces.
Other restrictions have been put in place for Peel Region, York Region and Ottawa. Peel Region has been deemed a red zone, while York Region and Ottawa have been labelled orange.
There have yet to be further restrictions set in place for London, but if cases continue to increase that will change.
Ontario is reporting 1,328 cases of #COVID19. Locally, there are 434 new cases in Toronto, 385 in Peel, 105 in York Region, 71 in Ottawa, 68 in Hamilton and 56 in Durham. There are 877 more resolved cases and nearly 37,600 tests completed.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) November 8, 2020
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