Ontario is reporting 329 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, which is a 1.6 per cent increase in the total number of cases confirmed in the province.
The province’s public health agency is also reporting 40 deaths related to the coronavirus and 454 recoveries.
Of the deaths reported today, two were people aged 40 to 59, seven were people aged 60 to 79, and 31 were people over 80.
There are now 1,018 people hospitalized with COVID-19, including 189 in intensive care units and 144 people on ventilators.
Today’s update states there were 15,137 tests completed in a single day with 13,395 awaiting results. Labs in the province have processed a total of 475, 058 tests.
The province has reported 21,236 lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases since Jan. 15, and of those 15,845 people have recovered and 1,765 people have died.
The Ministry of Long-Term Care reports 180 outbreaks in LTC facilities with COVID-19 cases confirmed in 2,690 residents and 1,672 staff. The Ministry has reported 1,269 deaths of long-term care residents as a result of COVID-19. Public Health Ontario has only included the deaths of 814 long-term care residents in the total number of reported COVID-19 deaths in the province.
The highest number of cases is reported in the 40-59 year-old age group (30.5 per cent), followed by the 20-39 year-old age group (23.8 per cent). Cases in the 60-79 year-old age group and the over 80 age group are about the same at 21 per cent. About 2.7 per cent of the province’s COVID-19 cases have been reported in people aged 19 and under.
Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has confirmed 379 cases of COVID-19 in the Simcoe-Muskoka region, including 203 recoveries and 30 deaths.
The breakdown of cases in each municipality is as follows:
Barrie (125 cases, 67 recoveries, 9 deaths, 1 in hospital), Bradford West Gwillimbury (86 cases, 35 recoveries, 11 deaths, 2 in hospital), New Tecumseth (30 cases, 17 recoveries, 2 in hospital, one death), Orillia (15 cases, 10 recoveries, 2 deaths), Collingwood (11 cases, 7 recoveries, 1 in hospital), Innisfil (29 cases, 14 recoveries, 1 in hospital), Springwater (6 cases, 4 recoveries, 1 death), Midland (6 cases, all recovered), Wasaga Beach (11 cases, 6 recoveries, 1 death), Oro-Medonte (5 cases, 2 recoveries, 2 deaths, 1 in hospital), Adjala-Tosorontio (7 cases, 6 recoveries), Clearview (6 cases, 2 recoveries, one death), Essa (7 cases, 5 recoveries, 1 death), Ramara (5 cases, 2 recoveries), Tiny (2 cases, all recovered), Tay (4 cases, 1 in hospital), Penetanguishene (2 cases, all recovered), and Severn (3 cases, 1 recovered) for a total of 360 cases in Simcoe County, including 188 recoveries.
There are also 18 confirmed positive cases in Muskoka, and 15 have recovered, one person from Muskoka Lakes has died.
The case rate (including lab-confirmed cases only) for the Simcoe-Muskoka region is 64 cases per 100,000 population. The provincial average is 142.9 cases per 100,000 population.
