Active Cases Drop in Niagara Ahead of Thanksgiving Long Weekend

Friday, 9 October 2020 11:54

By Marcie Culbert

Niagara Region Public Health is reporting nine new cases of COVID-19 for a third day in a row.

The number of active cases has also dropped to 111.

Most of them are still in Niagara Falls followed by St. Catharines and Port Colborne.

Ontario is reporting 939 new cases today which is it's largest single-day increase since the pandemic began.

This includes 336 in Toronto, 150 in Peel and 126 in Ottawa.

Health Minister Christine Elliott says we also have 724 new recoveries.

The province conducted over 44,900 tests yesterday.

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