Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 1,723 new COVID-19 cases today, with the average number of daily cases over the past seven days increasing by 50 to 1,720. There are 17 new cases in the greater Kawarthas region, with the total number of active cases rising to 104.
Most of the new cases reported today are in Peel (500), Toronto (410), York (196), Durham (124), and Waterloo (103).
There are double-digit increases in Hamilton (74), Windsor-Essex (60), Ottawa (46), Halton (45), Simcoe Muskoka (45), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (20), Niagara (18), Chatham-Kent (15), Southwestern Public Health (12), and Thunder Bay (10), with smaller increases in Brant County (8) and Hastings Prince Edward Public Health (6).
The remaining 17 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 7 health units reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s cases, 53% are among people under 40 years of age, with the highest number of cases (642) among people ages 20 to 39 followed by 486 cases among people ages 40 to 59. With 1,686 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.2% to 84.8%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has decreased by 0.4% to 4.7%, meaning that 47 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on December 1.
Ontario is reporting 35 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 22 in long-term care facilities — a significant increase over the single-digit deaths reported over the past two days. However, while hospitalizations have increased by 11 to 656, there are 2 fewer patients with COVID-19 in ICUs and 6 fewer patients on ventilators.
A total of 44,226 tests were completed yesterday, and the backlog of tests under investigation has increased by 15,528 to 49,574.
There are 166 new cases in Ontario schools today, a decrease of 133 from yesterday, with 140 student cases and 26 staff cases. There are 28 new cases in licensed child care settings, a decrease of 12 from yesterday, with 12 cases among children and 16 cases among staff.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 17 new cases to report, including 7 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, 4 in Kawartha Lakes, 3 in Northumberland, and 3 in Peterborough. There are no new cases to report in Haliburton.
An additional 2 cases have been resolved in Kawartha Lakes, 2 in Hastings and Prince Edward, 2 in Northumberland, and 1 in Peterborough.
None of the reported new cases in Ontario schools and child care settings are in the greater Kawarthas region.
There are currently 104 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, including 44 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, 27 in Northumberland, 24 in Peterborough, 8 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Haliburton. Of the new and active cases in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, 17 are related to a workplace outbreak at Proctor & Gamble in Belleville declared on November 27.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 219 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (190 resolved with 5 deaths), 203 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (176 resolved with 32 deaths), 97 in Northumberland County (69 resolved with 1 death), 27 in Haliburton County (26 resolved with no deaths), and 147 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (101 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on November 23.
Province-wide, there have been 119,922 confirmed cases, an increase of 1,723 from yesterday, with 101,698 cases resolved (84.8% of all cases), an increase of 1,686 from yesterday. There have been 3,698 deaths, an increase of 35 from yesterday, with 2,331 deaths in long-term care homes, an increase of 22 from yesterday. The number of hospitalizations has increased by 11 to 656, with 2 fewer patients with COVID-19 in ICUs and 6 fewer patients on ventilators. A total of 6,353,782 tests have been completed, an increase of 44,226 from yesterday, with 49,574 tests under investigation, an increase of 15,528 from yesterday.
The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 12 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. There may be discrepancies between the Ontario data reported today (which is from yesterday) and the local health unit data reported today (which is from today).
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: 219 (increase of 3)
Active cases: 24 (increase of 2)
Close contacts: 50 (decrease of 12)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Resolved: 190 (increase of 1)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 10 (no change)*
Total tests completed: Over 36,900 (increase of 150)
Institutional outbreaks: Fairhaven (no change)
*The health unit is no longer reporting the total number of hospitalizations.
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: 327, including 203 in Kawartha Lakes, 97 in Northumberland, 27 in Haliburton (increase of 7, including 4 in Kawartha Lakes and 3 in Northumberland)*
Active cases: 36, including 8 in Kawartha Lakes, 27 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (net increase of 2)
Probable cases: 0 (no change)
High-risk contacts: 117, including 14 in Kawartha Lakes, 97 in Northumberland, and 6 in Haliburton (net increase of 7)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 16, including 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change)
Deaths: 33 (no change)
Resolved: 271, including 176 in Kawartha Lakes, 69 in Northumberland, 26 in Haliburton (increase of 4, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes and 2 in Northumberland)
Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)
*One previously reported case in Kawartha Lakes has been transferred to another health unit.
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: 154 (increase of 7)
Active cases: 44 (increase of 5)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 0 (decrease of 1)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (decrease of 1)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change)
Resolved: 105 (increase of 2)
New swabs completed: 4,968 (increase of 66)
Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 119,922 (increase of 1,723)
Resolved: 101,698 (increase of 1,686, 84.8% of all cases)
Hospitalized: 656 (increase of 11)
Hospitalized and in ICU: 183 (decrease of 2)
Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 106 (decrease of 6)
Deaths: 3,698 (increase of 35)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 2,331 (increase of 22)
Total tests completed: 6,353,782 (increase of 44,226)
Tests under investigation: 49,574 (increase of 15,528)
For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.
