Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 2,093 new cases today, the first increase over 2,000 since January 23. However, the seven-day average of daily cases across the province continues to decline, decreasing today by 77 to 2,128.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 13 new cases to report and 21 additional cases resolved, with the number of active cases across the region decreasing by 9 to 139.
Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (700), Peel (331), York (228), and Niagara (123).
There are double-digit increases in Hamilton (94), Durham (85), Windsor-Essex (67), Halton (64), Waterloo (56), Simcoe Muskoka (53), Ottawa (45), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (43), Middlesex-London (37), Eastern Ontario (30), Chatham-Kent (25), Huron Perth (18), Southwestern (16), Lambton (15), and Thunder Bay (14), with smaller increases in Sudbury (8), Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (7), Peterborough (6), and Brant (6).
The remaining 11 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 3 health units reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s new cases, 52% are among people 40 and older, with the highest number of cases (746) among people ages 20-39, followed by 598 cases among people ages 40-59 and 328 cases among people ages 60-79.
With 2,491 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.2% to 89.5%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has decreased since yesterday by 0.7% to 3.3%, meaning that 33 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on January 27.
Ontario is reporting 56 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 31 in long-term care homes, pushing the number of COVID-related deaths in the province since the pandemic began to over 6,000. Ontario has averaged 57 new daily deaths over the past 7 days.
Hospitalizations have decreased by 44 from yesterday to 1,338, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs decreasing by 19 to 358, and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators decreasing by 15 to 276. A total of 64,664 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation increasing by 1,486 to 48,386.
A total of 317,240 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 11,910 from yesterday, with 55,286 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine. The government is now reporting the actual number of people who are fully vaccinated with two doses. Previously, they were erroneously reporting the total number of doses administered to achieve full vaccination as the number of people fully vaccinated; this error meant the government was reporting twice the number of people who were actually fully vaccinated.
There are 2 new cases in Ontario schools, a decrease of 4 from yesterday, including 1 student case and 1 case in an unidentified person. There are 20 new cases in licensed child care settings in Ontario, a decrease of 24 from yesterday, with 10 cases among children and 10 cases among staff.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 13 new cases to report, including 5 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Peterborough, 3 in Northumberland, and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward. There are no new cases in Haliburton.
Of the cases in Ontario’s licensed child care settings reported today, there is 1 case among staff at Trent Child Care in Bridgenorth.
An additional 21 cases have been resolved, including 7 in Kawartha Lakes, 6 in Northumberland, 6 in Hastings Prince Edward, and 2 in Peterborough. The outbreak at Caressant Care nursing home on Mary Street in Lindsay has been declared resolved.
There are currently 139 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 9 from yesterday, including 63 in Kawartha Lakes, 50 in Peterborough, 15 in Northumberland, 6 in Hastings Prince Edward (5 in Quinte West and 1 in Belleville), and 5 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 535 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (478 resolved with 7 deaths), 419 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (329 resolved with 40 deaths), 367 in Northumberland County (345 resolved with 7 deaths), 48 in Haliburton County (43 resolved with no deaths), and 366 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (355 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent 2 deaths were reported in Kawartha Lakes and Northumberland on January 27.
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: 535 (increase of 4)
Active cases: 50 (increase of 2)
Close contacts: 76 (increase of 4)
Deaths: 7 (no change)
Resolved: 478 (increase of 2)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 23 (no change)*
Total tests completed: Over 41,400 (increase of 100)
Outbreaks: The Regency retirement home in Lakefield, Centennial Place long-term care home in Millbrook, Peterborough Regional Health Centre, Peterborough Retirement Residence (no change)
*As of January 28, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 12 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (a decrease of 5 from yesterday) and 12 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (an increase of 1 from yesterday).
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.
Confirmed positive: 834, including 419 in Kawartha Lakes, 367 in Northumberland, and 48 in Haliburton (increase of 8, including 5 in Kawartha Lakes and 3 in Northumberland)*
Active cases: 83, including 63 in Kawartha Lakes, 15 in Northumberland, and 5 in Haliburton (decrease of 6, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes and 4 in Northumberland)
Probable cases: 4, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes, 1 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (increase of 2, including 1 in Northumberland and 1 in Haliburton)
High-risk contacts: 134, including 66 in Kawartha Lakes, 44 in Northumberland, and 16 in Haliburton (net decrease of 16)**
Hospitalizations (total to date): 32, including 22 in Kawartha Lakes, 8 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (no change)***
Deaths (including among probable cases): 47, including 40 in Kawartha Lakes and 7 in Northumberland (no change)
Resolved: 717, including 329 in Kawartha Lakes, 345 in Northumberland, 43 in Haliburton (increase of 13, including 7 in Kawartha Lakes and 6 in Northumberland)
Institutional outbreaks: Hope St. Terrace long-term care home in Port Hope, Caressant Care McLaughlin Road long-term care home in Lindsay, Golden Plough Lodge in Cobourg, Warkworth Place long-term care home in Warkworth, Caressant Care retirement home in Lindsay (decrease of 1)****
*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 an additional 8 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.
***As of January 28, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 2 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change from yesterday).
****The outbreak at Caressant Care nursing home on Mary Street in Lindsay has been declared resolved.
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: 366 (increase of 1)
Active cases: 6 (decrease of 5)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 1 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change)
Resolved: 355 (increase of 6)
Tests completed: 42,687 (decrease of 1)
Vaccines administered: 483 (no change)
Institutional outbreaks: Crown Ridge long-term care home in Quinte West (no change)
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 262,463 (increase of 2,093)
7-day average of new cases:: 2,128 (decrease of 77)
Resolved: 234,971 (increase of 2,491, 89.5% of all cases)
Positivity rate: 3.3% (decrease of 0.7%)
Hospitalized: 1,338 (decrease of 44)
Hospitalized and in ICU: 358 (decrease of 19)
Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 276 (decrease of 15)
Deaths: 6,014 (increase of 56)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,518 (increase of 31)
Total tests completed: 9,495,531 (increase of 64,664)
Tests under investigation: 48,386 (increase of 1,486)
Vaccination doses administered: 317,240 (increase of 11,910)
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 55,286*
*The government is now reporting the actual number of people who are fully vaccinated with two doses. Previously, they were erroneously reporting the total number of doses administered to achieve full vaccination as the number of people fully vaccinated; this error meant the government was reporting twice the number of people who were actually fully vaccinated.
For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.
