Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario have more than doubled over the past few days, with eight more people testing positive for the virus this weekend.

The total number of 2019 novel coronavirus patients isnow listed at 15as of Monday morning, all of them located in the Greater Toronto Area.

Since the province'sseventh case of coronavirus was confirmedon Friday, five additional men and three additional women have tested positive COVID-19.

今天4 addl病例总数(15):返回1traveler from Iran, 2 co-traveling spouses of cases #8&9, 1 sibling of one of the returned travelers from Iran (unclear if co-traveled/live in same house)https://t.co/45THENUJe8
(Note: cases #1&2 below were co-traveling spouses)https://t.co/y0D15BccUR

— Alainna KPC (@AlainnaJJ)March 2, 2020

Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David Williams, announced late Friday night that the virus had beenidentified in an elderly manwho arrived in Toronto on February 20 after travelling in Egypt.

The man in his 80s went to Scarborough Health Network's General Hospital on February 27 and is currently in self-isolation.

On Saturday afternoon,three more peoplewere were confirmed to have contracted the virus: A 34-year-old woman who recently returned to Toronto from Iran, a 51-year-old woman who recently returned to Toronto from Iran, and a 69-year-old man whose wife had recently travelled to Iran.

The latter two patients attended Lakeridge Health Ajax Pickering on February 28 and were subsequently put into self-isolation.

Three more Toronto-area cases. All with links to travel to Iran.https://t.co/09GoqkXUi0

— Ed Tubb (@EdTubb)February 29, 2020

Four additional positive cases of COVID-19 wereconfirmed by Williams on Sunday.

The first, a Toronto man in his 50s, did not have any recent history of travel. His brother, however, had recently travelled to Iran and tested positive for the coronavirus last week.

A woman in her 70s from Newmarket also tested positive for the virus after travelling to Egypt with another confirmed Toronto coronavirus patient.

A York Region man in his 40s, the spouse of another confirmed-positive coronavirus patient, had recently travelled to Iran with his wife and toddler "but was asymptomatic on all flights," according to Ontario Public Health.

One man in his 60s who had returned to Toronto from Iran on February 23 also tested positive for the virus on Sunday after presenting at North York General Hospital with a cough.

MEDIA RELEASE: Ontario Confirms New Positive Case of COVID-19 in Toronto. More info:https://t.co/C045PxE3pa

— Toronto Public Health (@TOPublicHealth)March 2, 2020

Likeall other confirmed patients, the four confirmed on Sunday remain in self-isolation and are actively being monitored by public health officials.

"At this time, the virus is not circulating locally," readsa release from Ontario's provincial governmentissued yesterday.

"However, given the global circumstances, Ontario is actively working with city and health partners to plan for the potential of local spread."

"The province continues to carefully monitor this situation and encourage residents to stay informed by regularly reviewing credible information sources."