The Canadian Press
TORONTO–A data issue has resulted in an underestimation of new COVID-19 cases in Ontario, with the province reporting 745 new cases of the virus today.
The government says the figure does not include data from Toronto, which is migrating its information to the provincial case system.
The Ministry of Health says it anticipates fluctuations in case numbers over the next few days as the databases are reconciled.
The ministry also says that case counts for other public health units may have been affected by system outages related to the migration.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 334 new cases in Peel Region, 124 in York Region and 65 in Niagara Region.
Ontario is reporting 14 new deaths linked to the virus and 2,297 resolved cases.
The province also says that so far, Ontario has seen 109 cases of the COVID-19 variant first discovered in the U.K. variant and one of the variant that emerged in South Africa.
Another 2,715 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were administered since the last daily update. A total of 344,615 doses have been administered in Ontario so far.
