A suspect has been charged after a Toronto bylaw officer was assaulted in a city park on Friday.

The city also reported 201 new COVID-19 cases and eight more coronavirus-related deaths in a 24-hour period, as of Saturday afternoon.

The latest tallies brought Toronto’s total number of cases to 3,346 cases, including 3,013 that were confirmed and 333 classified as probable cases. Of these cases, 274 patients are hospitalized, 98 in intensive care units. To date, 162 people have died of COVID-19 in Toronto.

Still, some residents continue to ignore signs and barriers at parks, and flout emergency orders for social distancing.

In the latest incident, a suspect was arrested after an enforcement officer was assaulted in a Toronto park.

Toronto city staff received 440 new complaints on Friday about residents using banned outdoor amenities or breaching physical distancing rules in parks.

Bylaw and police officers issued an additional 19 tickets for a total of 338 handed out over the last two weeks, the city said in a news release.

Enforcement officers also continue to see people building fire pits at Bluffer’s Park, in Scarborough, and gathering at the small boat launch in King’s Mill Park, in Etobicoke.

City staff said they also received 30 complaints on Friday about “non-essential” businesses staying open in contravention of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act. Since the emergency law was enacted on March 24, a total of 41 tickets and 117 notices have been issued against violating business owners.