Ontario’s chief medical officer of health Dr. David Williams and associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe provided an update on Friday on the latest COVID-19 cases in the province and discussed the public health agency's ongoing response to the pandemic.

Ontario reported 441 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, bringing the provincial total to 24,628 cases. The province also reported 28 new deaths, bringing the death toll to 2,021.

Ontario will be moving forward with increased testing this weekend, including those who are asymptomatic. Those to be tested will include frontline health workers and other workplaces of concern.

Dr. Williams said the utilization of testing capacity was one of the main reasons why the province will move ahead with the tests.

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