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There were 42 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Ontario Sunday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 145. Of that 145, five cases are deemed resolved by Ontario Public Health.

So far, a total of 8,465 people have been tested for the coronavirus across the province, 7,004 have come back negative while 1,316 remain under investigation.

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Nationally, using the latest figures from Public Health Canada, the number of confirmed cases stands at 316.

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While initially focused in the Greater Toronto Area, cases now stretch across the province from a patient being treated in southeastern Ontario at Glengarry Memorial Hospital in Alexandria, near the Ontario-Quebec border, to a patient from northwestern Ontario being treated at Victoria Hospital in Winnipeg, the closest medical facility.

Public Health Canada published the following information on cases available as of Saturday night:

— 50% of cases are female

— 29% of cases are 60 years old and over

— 12% of cases have been hospitalized

— 1 person has died of COVID-19

— 79% of cases are travellers and 8% are close contacts of travellers

Many of the remaining cases are listed as “pending” regarding the source of the transmission of the virus as medical staff seek to determine if it is travel related, from a close contact or a community transmission.

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In response to the outbreak, the province has closed all schools until April 6.

The province is also joining many private sector companies in asking their employees to work from home where possible in order to reduce the possibility of transmitting the virus.