Public Health Ontario has confirmed another 164 new COVID cases in the province, which has again increased the number of active cases in Ontario.
Today and yesterday the province reported new cases in the 160s, after eight days with daily case counts between 102 and 130.
Of today’s new cases, 126 were reported by just four health units. Ottawa reported 16 new cases, Peel reported 48 new cases, Toronto reported 25 new cases and Windsor-Essex reported 37 new cases. The remaining 30 health units in Ontario reported between zero and nine new cases each for a total of 38 more cases.
The province’s epidemiological report notes there were 76 new cases reported in people aged 20 to 39 and another 52 reported in people aged 40 to 49 years old.
Ontario has confirmed three more deaths attributed to the coronavirus, including one person between 60 and 79 years old and one person over the age of 80.
The province has now reported 2,751 deaths related to COVID-19, which is 7.3 per cent of all cases. More than 30 per cent of cases reported in people over the age of 80 have ended in death.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 37,604 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic and has reported 33,407 of those (88.8 per cent) now recovered.
There are 1,446 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, which is up from yesterday’s 1,398.
In Northeastern Ontario there are now five active cases of the 353 confirmed to date, following 336 resolutions, and 12 deaths. A total of 107,211 tests have been conducted in the region to determine these findings, including 19,870 in the Sudbury and Manitoulin districts.
The total number of COVID-19 cases, recoveries, and deaths reported by health units across the region at the time of this writing are as follows:
- Public Health Sudbury and Districts: 67 cases, 65 recoveries, two deaths
- Northwestern Health Unit: 43 cases, 42 recoveries *
- Algoma Public Health: 27 cases, 25 recoveries
- Timsikaming Health Unit: 18 cases, 18 recoveries
- Porcupine Health Unit: 69 cases, 59 recoveries, 8 deaths
- North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit: 37 cases, 36 recoveries, one death
- Thunder Bay District Health Unit: 93 cases, 91 recoveries, one death
* A new case was found in the area of the Kenora Health Hub Sunday afternoon.
