Ontario reports 700 new cases of COVID-19, one new death

Ontario is reporting 700 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death.

Numbers reported Monday mark a more than 40 per cent increase from the 491 cases reported Sunday.

Ontario is reporting 700 cases of #COVID19 with more than 41,100 tests completed. Locally, there are 344 new cases in Toronto with 104 in Peel, 89 in Ottawa and 56 in York Region. 60% of today’s cases are in people under the age of 40.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) September 28, 2020

Over 41,000 tests were completed, while almost 50,000 are still under investigation.

Another 36 COVID-19 cases have been reported in publicly-funded schools across the province, with at least 27 cases in students.

There are 224 with a reported case of the virus.

According to provincial data, there are 128 people hospitalized with COVID-19. Of those, 29 are in intensive care and 17 of those are on ventilators.

There have been 50,531 cases of COVID-19 in Ontario. 85 per cent of those are resolved.

The number of deaths sits at 2,840.

There are 4,564 active cases of COVID-19 in the province.