Covid-19 cases continued to rise in Canada as 486, 393 new infections and 13, 865 deaths were recorded on Thursday, the media reported. Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, reported 2, 432 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, Dec 17, the highest number of cases recorded in a single day since the start of the pandemic in the country, Xinhua reported.

Thursday marked the third straight day in which the province logged more than 2, 000 cases of the novel coronavirus. The Ontario Hospital Association called for a four-week lockdown in every public health unit where there is an infection rate of 40 per 100, 000 people or higher. There are 75, 885 active cases across the country with a daily average of 6, 614 new cases reported in the past seven days, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada on Thursday.