Public Health Ontario reports record-high 18,445 new COVID-19 cases for Jan. 1. Case count underestimated due to latest testing availability, officials note. There are 12 new deaths. More fulsome figures available on Tuesday, following holiday weekend.
Public Health Ontario warns that the new daily case high of 18,445 reported New Year's Day is "an underestimate."CBC NewsA man receives a free COVID-19 rapid antigen test kit at a pop-up site in Toronto's Yorkdale Shopping Centre on Dec. 16.The agency also reported 12 new deaths, bringing the provincial death toll to 10,206.
More fulsome figures will be available on Tuesday, following the holiday. The figures released Saturday are from Friday. The latest case count sets yet another daily high since the pandemic started — up from 16,713 reported on New Year's Eve. However, Public Health Ontario warns that number is also likely "an underestimate of the true number of individuals with COVID-19."
The agency says that's because of testing eligibility changes made in an effort to adjust to the fast-moving Omicron variant.
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