Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 1,848 new cases today, including 1 more case of the UK variant, with the seven-day average of daily cases across the province decreasing today by 81 to 1,887.
Today’s total includes around 300 previous cases Toronto Public Health is reporting due to a data catch-up. Excluding these cases, today’s actual case count is around 1,548.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are no new cases to report in Hastings Prince Edward. Numbers for Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton are unavailable today.
Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (726), Peel (306), and York (168).
There are double-digit increases in Niagara (87), Ottawa (55), Durham (55), Windsor-Essex (53), Simcoe Muskoka (52), Hamilton (49), Waterloo (48), Halton (47), Chatham-Kent (34), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (30), Eastern Ontario (19), Huron Perth (15), Thunder Bay (13), North Bay Parry Sound (10), Porcupine (10), and Middlesex-London (10), with smaller increases in Sudbury (9), Lambton (9), Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (8), and Southwestern (8).
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, 51% are among people 40 and older, with the highest number of cases (673) among people ages 20-39, followed by 548 cases among people ages 40-59 and 271 cases among people ages 60-79.
With 2,313 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.2% to 90.5%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 0.4% to 3.7%, meaning that 37 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on January 30.
Ontario is reporting 43 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 21 in long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 55 new daily deaths over the past 7 days.
Hospitalizations have decreased by 114 from yesterday to 1,159, but this number may be under-reported as more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data for this report. The number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs has increased by 3 to 356, and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators has increased by 36 to 252.
A total of 49,352 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 15,847 to 15,616.
A total of 339,644 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 2,816 from yesterday, with 68,849 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 1,062 from yesterday.
In the greater Kawarthas region, only Hastings Prince Edward Public Health is providing updates today. Numbers for Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton will be available on February 1.
There are no new cases in Hastings Prince Edward today, with 1 additional resolved case.
There are currently 112 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 1 from yesterday, including 48 in Peterborough, 47 in Kawartha Lakes, 14 in Northumberland, 1 in Hastings Prince Edward (1 in Belleville), and 2 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 544 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (488 resolved with 8 deaths), 433 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (358 resolved with 41 deaths), 369 in Northumberland County (347 resolved with 8 deaths), 48 in Haliburton County (46 resolved with no deaths), and 366 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (360 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Kawartha Lakes on January 30.
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. Numbers for Peterborough are unavailable on January 31; these numbers are for January 30.
Confirmed positive: 544 (increase of 6)
Active cases: 48 (increase of 1)
Close contacts: 75 (no change)
Deaths: 8 (no change)
Resolved: 488 (increase of 5)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 23 (no change)*
Total tests completed: Over 41,500 (increase of 50)
Outbreaks: The Regency retirement home in Lakefield, Peterborough Regional Health Centre, Peterborough Retirement Residence (no change)
*As of January 29, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 13 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and 12 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive.
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 January 30.
Confirmed positive: 850, including 433 in Kawartha Lakes, 369 in Northumberland, and 48 in Haliburton (increase of 10, including 9 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland)*
Active cases: 63, including 47 in Kawartha Lakes, 14 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (increase of 2, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland)
Probable cases: 6, including 5 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland (decrease of 1 in Kawartha Lakes)
High-risk contacts: 130, including 64 in Kawartha Lakes, 46 in Northumberland, and 13 in Haliburton (net increase of 4)**
Hospitalizations (total to date): 33, including 23 in Kawartha Lakes, 8 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Kawartha Lakes)***
Deaths (including among probable cases): 49, including 41 in Kawartha Lakes and 8 in Northumberland (increase of 1 in Kawartha Lakes)
Resolved: 751, including 358 in Kawartha Lakes, 347 in Northumberland, 46 in Haliburton (increase of 11, including 7 in Kawartha Lakes, 1 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton)
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 (no change)
*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 7 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.
***As of January 29, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 3 patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
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 (no change)
Active cases: 1 (decrease of 1)
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: 360 (increase of 1)
Tests completed: 46,512 (increase of 3,825)
Vaccines administered: 723 (no change)
Institutional outbreaks: Trent Valley Lodge long-term care home in Trenton (no change)
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 268,211 (increase of 1,848)*
7-day average of new cases:: 1,887 (decrease of 81)
Resolved: 242,807 (increase of 2,313, 90.5% of all cases)
Positivity rate: 3.7% (increase of 0.4%)
Hospitalized: 1,159 (decrease of 114)**
Hospitalized and in ICU: 356 (increase of 3)
Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 252 (increase of 36)
Deaths: 6,188 (increase of 43)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,595 (increase of 21)
Total tests completed: 9,673,517 (increase of 49,352)
Tests under investigation: 15,616 (decrease of 15,847)
Vaccination doses administered: 339,644 (increase of 2,816)
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 68,849 (increase of 1,062)
Total COVID-19 variant cases: 58 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 1)
*This total includes around 300 previous cases Toronto Public Health is reporting today due to a data catch-up. Excluding these cases, today’s actual case count is around 1,548.
**This total may be under-reported as more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data for this report.
For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.
