News Ontario adds over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases SHARE ON: Casey Kenny, staff Wednesday, Dec. 23rd, 2020 (Supplied by Pixabay) Ontario is reporting over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases for a ninth straight day. The province reported 2,408 new cases on Wednesday with sixty-eight per cent in the hotspots around the GTHA and in Windsor-Essex. Nearly 56,700 tests were completed over the last day in Ontario. Another 41 people have died from COVID-19 in the province bringing the overall death toll to 4,229.