Ontario records 124 new cases of coronavirus

As of 7 p.m. Sunday, Ontario’s regional health units reported a total of 37,799 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, including 2,734 deaths, representing 124 new cases and just a single death since Saturday evening, according to the Star’s latest count.

The only fatality reported Sunday came in Toronto; the daily rate of deaths has fallen sharply since peaking in early May when the health units reported as many as 94 deaths in a single day.

The province has now seen six straight days with fewer than five reported deaths, a level that hasn’t been seen since late March in the early days of Ontario’s epidemic, when infections were low, but growing exponentially.

Earlier Sunday, the province reported 139 patients are currently hospitalized with COVID-19.

Quebec reported eight additional deaths due to COVID-19 on Sunday as health officials south of Montreal probed a cluster of positive cases stemming from a local bar.