Ontario’s chief medical officer of health Dr. David Williams and associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe provided an update on COVID-19 on Friday.

Dr. Yaffe reported a total of 21,922 cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, an increase of 428 cases since Thursday, adding that "due to a data upload issue, 87 cases were missed on Thursday's report, but now included in Friday's report."

The actual number of cases on Thursday was 345, instead of the 258 that was previously reported.

The actual new number of cases reported on Friday is 341, plus the 87 missed numbers to a total of 428.

Dr. Barbara also reported an additional 27 deaths due to COVID-19 in Ontario, bringing the total number of deaths in the province to 1,825.

She also said that public health has "almost competed" the universal testing and surveillance for long-term care home residents and staff, which will open up more capacity to test more people at assessment centers across Ontario.

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