Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Today, Ontario is reporting 583 new cases of COVID-19. Most of the new cases are in Toronto (173), Ottawa (121), York (75), and Peel (70), with smaller increases in Hamilton (25), Simcoe Muskoka (23), Waterloo (17), Halton (15), Durham (12), Middlesex-London (12), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (8), and Niagara (8). The remaining 22 public health units are reporting 5 or fewer cases, with 9 reporting no cases at all.
Of today’s cases, 60% are among people under the age of 40. The positivity rate has increased by 0.1% to 1.9%. This means that 1.9% of the tests that were performed on October 6 were positive for COVID-19. With 707 more cases resolved, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.4% to 85.1%.
There is 1 new death, with an additional 3 people hospitalized since yesterday, for a total of 195, with 2 new cases admitted to ICUs and 2 new patients on ventilators. More than 4.2 million tests have now been completed, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by only 70 since yesterday to 55,413.
The number of new cases in Ontario schools today is 111, an increase of by 37 from yesterday, with 69 student cases, 15 staff cases, and 27 cases among unidentified individuals. There are 23 new cases in licensed child care settings, with 14 cases among children and 9 cases among staff.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there is 1 new case to report in Kawartha Lakes. There are no new cases in Peterborough, Northumberland, Haliburton, or Hastings and Prince Edward counties. None of the new cases in schools and child care settings are in the greater Kawarthas region.
There are currently 21 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, including 6 in Peterborough, 8 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, 3 in Kawartha Lakes, 2 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 130 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (122 resolved with 2 deaths), 183 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (161 resolved with 32 deaths), 45 in Northumberland County (42 resolved with 1 death), 18 in Haliburton County (16 resolved with no deaths), and 60 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (47 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Northumberland on September 8.
Province-wide, there have been 55,945 confirmed cases, an increase of 583 from yesterday, with 47,613 (85.1% of all cases) resolved, an increase of 707. There have been 2,988 deaths, an increase of 1 from yesterday, with 1,952 deaths in long-term care homes, a decease of 1 from yesterday. A total of 4,212,623 tests have been completed, an increase of 43,277 from yesterday, with 55,413 tests under investigation, a decrease of 70 from yesterday.
This report is based on data supplied by the province’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS), as well as any additional information supplied by health units. This information is at least 24 hours old, so it is not real-time data. Note that each health unit reports the information in a different way.
Peterborough Public Health
Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.
The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends.
Confirmed positive: 130 (no change)
Active cases: 6 (decrease of 3)
Deaths: 2 (no change)
Resolved: 122 (increase of 3)
Total tests completed: Over 31,150 (increase of 150)
Institutional outbreaks: Fairhaven (no change)
Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.
The health unit provides reports from Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 246, including 183 in Kawartha Lakes, 45 in Northumberland, 18 in Haliburton (increase of 1, in Kawartha Lakes)
Probable cases: 0 (no change)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 15 (no change)
Deaths: 33 (no change)
Resolved: 219, including 161 in Kawartha Lakes, 42 in Northumberland, 16 in Haliburton (no change)
Active cases: 7, including 3 in Kawartha Lakes, 2 in Northumberland, 2 in Haliburton (increase of 1)
Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.
The health unit provides reports from Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 60 (no change)
Active cases: 8 (no change)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Hospitalized: 0 (no change)
Hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change)
Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 0 (no change)
Recovered: 47 (no change)
Total tests completed: 40,054 (no change)
Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 55,945 (increase of 583)
Resolved: 47,613 (increase of 707, 85.1% of all cases)
Hospitalized: 195 (increase of 3)
Hospitalized and in ICU: 43 (increase of 2)
Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 28 (increase of 2)
Deaths: 2,988 (increase of 1)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 1,952 (decrease of 1)
Total tests completed: 4,212,623 (increase of 43,277)
Tests under investigation: 55,413 (decrease of 70)
For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.
