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2 new COVID-19 cases announced in Ontario, bringing provincial number to 37

Ontario health officials announcedone new COVID-19 case in Toronto on Tuesday. Later on, authorities in Sudbury announced someone had tested positive for the virus. The two cases bring the provincial total to 37.

There are more than 100 people still under investigation across the province

There are more than 100 people still under investigation across Ontario. (NORC Center for Public Affairs Research/NIAID-RML/Associated Press)

Two new COVID-19 cases were announced in Ontario on Tuesday one inToronto andthe other in Sudbury bringing the provincial total to 37.

The new patient in Toronto is a man in his 40s who had travelled to Switzerland.

The province says he presented to St. Joseph's Health Centre and is now in self-isolation, with Toronto Public Health monitoring his condition.

Officials have not said when the man returned to Canada or when he began experiencing symptoms.

Man in Sudbury had been at Toronto convention

Meantime in Sudbury, health officials said a man in his 50swho came to a local emergency ward on March 7 has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. They sayit's the first COVID-19 case in Sudbury and Manitoulin districts.

The man had attendedthe Prospectors andDevelopers Association of Canada convention in Toronto on March 2 and 3, said a statement fromPublic Health Sudbury and Districts. The investigation is ongoing, it noted.

"Following testing, the patient was discharged home where he remains in self-isolation, following Public Health direction. The patient has experienced cough and shortness of breath," says the statement released Tuesday evening.

Here are the latest figures:

  • There are more than 100people under investigation.
  • There have been 2,599 negative tests.
  • Five people have now recovered from the illness.