Public Health Ontario reported a staggering new milestone in the pandemic.
Provincial health officials reported 2,275 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday.
There are 711 new cases in Toronto alone, while the Peel Region had 586. The York Region reported 154.
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit added another 136 cases to its caseload Tuesday.
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The agency noted Tuesday that a change in reporting might account for some of the results. Instead of extracting data from health units across the province at 10:30 a.m., it is now pulling that information at 1 p.m. So, there were 2.5 extra hours of collection time in the latest report.
Another 20 people died as well, bringing Ontario's death toll since March to 3,992.
Across Ontario, there are 921 people receiving treatment for the virus in the hospital. Of those, 249 are currently in intensive care units, and 156 are on ventilators.
The province processed 39,566 tests for COVID-19 on Monday.
As of Tuesday morning, 85.4 per cent of all cases, now numbering 144,396 since the start of the pandemic, are considered resolved.
