Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
With Premier Doug Ford confirming that new public health restrictions will be announced on Tuesday, Ontario is reporting 3,338 new cases today. The seven-day average of daily cases across the province has increased by 9 to 3,555.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 20 new cases to report and 43 additional cases resolved, with the number of active cases across the region decreasing by 19 to 148. There is 1 new COVID-19 related death to report in Northumberland and 1 in Kawartha Lakes.
Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (931), Peel (531), York (241), Niagara (168), Waterloo (165), Ottawa (159), Hamilton (146), Durham (143), Middlesex-London (141), and Windsor-Essex (118).
There are double-digit increases in Lambton (90), Simcoe Muskoka (84), Southwestern (81), Halton (81), Eastern Ontario (69), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (56), Huron Perth (27), Chatham-Kent (21), Brant (14), and Sudbury (11), with smaller increases in Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (9), Algoma (7), Renfrew (7), and Haldimand-Norfolk (6).
The remaining 10 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with only 1 health unit (Timiskaming) reporting no new cases.
Of today’s new cases, half are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (1,160) among people ages 20-39, followed by 910 cases among people ages 40-59. With 2,756 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has decreased by 0.1% to 83.7%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased since yesterday by 1.5% to 7.7%, meaning that 77 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on January 10.
Ontario is reporting 29 new COVID-19 deaths today, with the total number of deaths in Ontario from COVID-19 increasing above 5,000 to 5,012. Of these deaths, 14 were in long-term care homes, with the total number of deaths in Ontario long-term care homes from COVID-19 increasing above 3,000 to 3,004.
Hospitalizations have increased by 80 to 1,563, although this number excludes data from more than 10% of hospitals and is likely under-reported. With 1 less patient with COVID-19 in an ICU reported today, there are now 387 COVID-19 patients in ICUs in Ontario. With 2 more patients with COVID-19 on ventilators reported today, there are now 268 COVID-19 patients on ventilators.
A total of 46,403 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 10,588 to 28,774. A total of 122,105 doses of vaccine have been administered, with 8,859 daily doses administered and 5,884 total vaccinations completed (i.e., both doses administered).
Due to the winter break and the remote learning period during the provincial shutdown, there will be no data to report for schools in southern Ontario until January 26. There are 31 new cases in licensed child care settings in Ontario, an increase of 3 from January 8, with 9 cases among children and 22 cases among staff.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 20 new cases to report, including 11 in Northumberland, 6 in Kawartha Lakes, 2 in Peterborough, and 1 in Haliburton. There are no new cases to report in Hastings Prince Edward. None of the new cases reported today in licensed child care settings are in the greater Kawarthas region.
An additional 43 cases have been resolved, including 15 in Northumberland, 12 in Kawartha Lakes, 11 in Peterborough, 4 in Haliburton, and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward.
There is 1 new COVID-19 related death to report in Northumberland and 1 in Kawartha Lakes. The health unit does not release details about deaths.
While Peterborough Public Health declared an outbreak at Fairhaven long-term care home in Peterborough on January 11, the home’s executive director states that surveillance testing showed a preliminary positive result for a staff member from Westview 3, and that this rapid test result must be confirmed by a PCR test at a provincial lab before an official outbreak is declared.
Outbreaks were declared at Maplewood long-term care home in Brighton on January 7 and Caressant Care McLaughlin Road in Lindsay on January 6, but are only being reported today by the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit.
There are currently 148 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 19 from yesterday, including 51 in Peterborough, 38 in Kawartha Lakes, 29 in Northumberland, 27 in Hastings Prince Edward (4 in Quinte West, 16 in Belleville, 2 in Prince Edward County, and 5 in Central Hastings), and 3 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 437 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (381 resolved with 5 deaths), 320 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (259 resolved with 26 deaths), 301 in Northumberland County (268 resolved with 4 deaths), 39 in Haliburton County (36 resolved with no deaths), and 334 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (302 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent 2 deaths were reported in Kawartha Lakes and Northumberland on January 11.
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, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 437 (increase of 2)
Active cases: 51 (decrease of 9)
Close contacts: 144 (decrease of 28)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Resolved: 381 (increase of 11)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 19 (no change)*
Total tests completed: Over 40,100 (increase of 50)
Outbreaks: Community Living Trent Highlands group home in Peterborough, Unidentified congregate living facility in Peterborough, Fairhaven long-term care home in Peterborough (increase of 1)**
*As of January 8, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting fewer than 10 patients hospitalized with COVID-19. An exact number is not provided.
**While the health unit declared an outbreak at Fairhaven long-term care home in Peterborough on January 11, the home’s executive director states that surveillance testing showed a preliminary positive result for a staff member from Westview 3, and that this rapid test result must be confirmed by a PCR test at a provincial lab before an official outbreak is declared.
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 Saturday, excluding statutory holidays. These numbers are for a two-day period (January 10 and 11).
Confirmed positive: 660, including 320 in Kawartha Lakes, 301 in Northumberland, and 39 in Haliburton (increase of 18, including 6 in Kawartha Lakes, 11 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton)*
Active cases: 70, including 38 in Kawartha Lakes, 29 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (decrease of 10)
Probable cases: 0 (decrease of 1)
High-risk contacts: 126, including 41 in Kawartha Lakes, 48 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (net increase of 2)**
Hospitalizations (total to date): 28, including 19 in Kawartha Lakes, 8 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (increase of 2, in Kawartha Lakes)***
Deaths (including among probable cases): 40, including 36 in Kawartha Lakes and 4 in Northumberland (increase of 2, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland)
Resolved: 563, including 259 in Kawartha Lakes, 268 in Northumberland, 36 in Haliburton (increase of 31, including 12 in Kawartha Lakes, 15 in Northumberland, and 4 in Haliburton)
Institutional outbreaks: Christian Horizons group home in Northumberland, Hope St. Terrace long-term care home in Port Hope, Fenelon Court in Fenelon Falls, Island Park Retirement Residence in Campbellford, Maplewood long-term care home in Brighton, Caressant Care McLaughlin Road in Lindsay (increase of 2)****
*The health unit states that total counts and counts for individual counties may fluctuate from previously reported counts as cases are transferred to or from the health unit based on case investigation details and routine data cleaning.
**This total includes 25 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.
***As of January 11, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 7 patients are hospitalized with COVID-19.
****Outbreaks were declared at Maplewood long-term care home in Brighton on January 7 and Caressant Care McLaughlin Road in Lindsay on January 6 but are only being reported today by the 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 daily reports, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 334 (no change)
Active cases: 27 (decrease of 1)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 3 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 1 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change)
Resolved: 302 (increase of 1)
Swabs completed: 34,013 (increase of 327)
Institutional outbreaks: Hastings Manor Beech Villa in Belleville (no change)
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 219,120 (increase of 3,338)
Resolved: 183,476 (increase of 2,756, 83.7% of all cases)
Positivity rate: 7.7% (increase of 1.5%)
Hospitalized: 1,563 (increase of 80)*
Hospitalized and in ICU: 387 (decrease of 1)
Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 268 (increase of 2)
Deaths: 5,012 (increase of 29)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,004 (increase of 14)
Total tests completed: 8,548,014 (increase of 46,403)
Tests under investigation: 28,774 (decrease of 10,588)
Vaccinations: 8,859 daily doses administered, 122,105 total doses administered, 5,884 total vaccinations completed (both doses)
*This number excludes data from more than 10% of hospitals and is likely under-reported.
For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.
