Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
It turns out yesterday’s record increase of 1,589 new COVID-19 cases wasn’t a record increase after all. Due to a technical error, some of the cases that should have been reported today were reported yesterday instead. As a result, today’s report of 1,009 new COVID-19 cases is lower than it should be, and yesterday’s number was higher than it should have been. The average case count over the past two days is 1,299, and the average number of daily cases over the past seven days has decreased to 1,395.
Most of the new cases reported today are in Toronto (497), Peel (175), and York (118), with double-digit increases in Windsor-Essex (56), Waterloo (40), Simcoe Muskoka (25), Ottawa (19), Niagara (19), Durham (16), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (16), and Hamilton (10), with smaller increases in Middlesex-London (6) and Brant County (6).
The remaining 21 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 8 health units reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s cases, 51% are among people under 40 years of age, with the highest number of cases (354) among people ages 20 to 39 followed by 307 cases among people ages 40 to 59. With 1,482 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.2% to 84.6%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 1.2% to 5.8%, meaning that 58 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on November 23.
Ontario reported 14 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 10 in long-term care facilities. Hospitalizations have increased by 27 to 534, with 3 additional patients with COVID-19 were admitted to ICUs and 1 less patient on a ventilator. A total of 27,053 tests were completed yesterday, and the backlog of tests under investigation has increased by 10,922 to 29,316.
There are 270 new cases in Ontario schools to report today, an increase of 210, with 233 student cases and 47 staff cases. This includes cases reported from Friday afternoon to Monday afternoon. There are 22 cases in licensed child care settings, an increase of 9 from yesterday, with 17 cases among children and 5 cases among staff.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 12 new cases to report, including 8 in Hastings and Prince Edwards counties, 2 in Peterborough, and 2 in Northumberland. There are no new cases in Kawartha Lakes or Haliburton.
None of the reported new cases in Ontario schools and child care settings are in the greater Kawarthas region.
There are currently 56 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, including 25 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, 16 in Peterborough, 12 in Northumberland, 2 in Haliburton, and 1 in Kawartha Lakes.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 197 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (176 resolved with 5 deaths), 192 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (172 resolved with 32 deaths), 71 in Northumberland County (58 resolved with 1 death), 25 in Haliburton County (23 resolved with no deaths), and 116 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (86 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on November 23.
Province-wide, there have been 106,510 confirmed cases, an increase of 1,009 from yesterday. However, today’s case count is lower than it should be, and yesterday’s record case count of 1,589 was higher than it should have been, due to a technical issue that saw some of today’s cases included in yesterday’s report. The average case count over the past two days is 1,299. Today, 90,074 cases have been resolved (84.6% of all cases), an increase of 1,082 from yesterday. There have been 3,519 deaths, an increase of 14 from yesterday, with 2,234 deaths in long-term care homes, an increase of 10 from yesterday. The number of hospitalizations has increased by 27 to 534, with 3 additional patients with COVID-19 were admitted to ICUs and 1 less patient on a ventilator. A total of 5,984,776 tests have been completed, an increase of 27,053 from yesterday, with 29,316 tests under investigation, an increase of 10,922 from yesterday.
The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 4 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day.
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: 197 (increase of 2)
Active cases: 16 (decrease of 1)
Close contacts: 66 (increase of 16)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Resolved: 176 (no change)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 10 (no change)*
Total tests completed: Over 36,200 (increase of 50)
Institutional outbreaks: Fairhaven (no change)
*The total number of hospitalization is no longer being reported.
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: 288, including 192 in Kawartha Lakes, 71 in Northumberland, 25 in Haliburton (increase of 2, in Northumberland)
Active cases: 15, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes, 12 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (increase of 2, in Northumberland)
Probable cases: 0 (no change)
High-risk contacts: 41, including 14 in Kawartha Lakes, 24 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (net increase of 3)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 16, including 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change)
Deaths: 33 (no change)
Resolved: 253, including 172 in Kawartha Lakes, 58 in Northumberland, 23 in Haliburton (no change)
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: 116 (increase of 8)
Active cases: 25 (increase of 8)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 1 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 1 (increase of 1)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change)
Resolved: 86 (no change)
New swabs completed: 5,693 (increase of 1,713)
Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 106,510 (increase of 1,009)*
Resolved: 90,074 (increase of 1,082, 84.6% of all cases)
Hospitalized: 534 (increase of 27)
Hospitalized and in ICU: 159 (increase of 3)
Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 91 (decrease of 1)
Deaths: 3,519 (increase of 14)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 2,234 (increase of 10)
Total tests completed: 5,984,776 (increase of 27,053)
Tests under investigation: 29,316 (increase of 10,922)
*Due to technical issues, yesterday’s report of 1,589 cases included cases reported up to 8:30 p.m. on November 22, instead of the usual timeframe of up until 12 p.m. As a result, yesterday’s daily count was an overestimate and today’s daily count is an underestimate.
For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.
