Ontario is reporting 564 new COVID-19 cases today, with 55 new deaths.
It's the largest single-day increase in new cases, though the growth rate is still holding steady at around six per cent.
Ontario has now seen 9,525 cases -- with nearly half now resolved -- and 478 deaths.
The number of COVID-19 patients in hospital grew from 807 to 829, but the numbers of people in intensive care and on ventilators remained steady.
There are COVID-19 outbreaks reported at 106 long-term care homes in Ontario, with at least 1,229 residents and 621 staff members infected, and at least 216 resident deaths.
An Ontario health-care union says a personal support worker at a Toronto long-term care home has died from COVID-19.