Public Health Ontario says the province has recorded more than 10,000 new daily cases of COVID-19 for the first time.
The 10,412 diagnoses reported on Christmas Day surpass the previous record of 9,571, which was set Friday.
It’s the third day in a row the province has broken its record for daily case counts.
Public Health Ontario is also reporting another four deaths linked to COVID-19.
The rolling seven-day average of new daily cases now stands at 5,939 — more than double that of last Saturday, which was 2,156.
Of the new cases, more than half are in the Greater Toronto
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