Ontario continues to report over 400 new coronavirus cases

The Government of Ontario is reporting 409 new COVID-19 cases on Friday morning, making this the sixth time in eight days numbers have been over 400.

There is one new death and 283 resolved cases.

Ontario’s new coronavirus cases have increased significantly over the past week with Friday’s 401, Saturday’s 407, Sunday’s 365, Monday’s 425, Tuesday’s 478, which was the highest number since early May, Wednesday’s 335, and Thursday’s 409.

Because of this, Ford has announced that private social gatherings across the province are limited to 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors — it was originally 50 indoors and 100 outdoors.

The province is reporting 204 cases from Toronto, 66 from Peel, and 40 from Ottawa.

According to Health Minister Christine Elliot, 65% of today’s cases are in people under the age of 40.

Ontario is reporting 409 cases of #COVID19 as more than 41,800 tests were completed. Locally, there are 204 new cases in Toronto with 66 in Peel and 40 in Ottawa. 65% of today’s cases are in people under the age of 40.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) September 25, 2020

To date, there has been a total of 48,905 cases with 42,169 resolved and 2,837 reported deaths.