Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Today, Ontario is reporting 1,185 new cases, with the seven-day average of daily cases decreasing by 6 to 1,108.
Ontario is reporting 31 new cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant, for a total of 508, as well as 11 new cases of the B.1.351 South Africa variant, for a total of 25.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 15 new cases to report and an additional 9 cases resolved, with the number of active cases across the region increasing by 2 to 93.
Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (331), Peel (220), and York (119).
There are double-digit increases in Ottawa (67), Hamilton (59), Thunder Bay (55), Waterloo (52), Brant (41), Durham (36), Simcoe Muskoka (35), Halton (32), Windsor-Essex (26), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (15), Lambton (13), Middlesex-London (13), Niagara (13), and Southwestern (11), with smaller increases in Sudbury (7), Eastern Ontario (7), Huron Perth (7), and Haldimand-Norfolk (6).
The remaining 13 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 5 health units reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s new cases, 60% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (441) among people ages 20-39, followed by 297 cases among people ages 40-59 and 268 cases among people 19 and younger.
With 984 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases remains unchanged at 94.2%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has decreased by 0.2% from yesterday to 2.1%, meaning that 21 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on February 26.
Ontario is reporting 16 new COVID-19 deaths today, with 1 new death in long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 16 new daily deaths over the past week, a decrease of 2 from yesterday.
Hospitalizations have decreased by 3 from yesterday to 680, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs decreasing by 8 to 276, and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators decreasing by 11 to 182.
A total of 59,416 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 7,513 to 27,989.
A total of 668,104 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 24,339 from yesterday, with 260,972 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 2,958 from yesterday, representing 1.77% of Ontario’s population. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 16 new cases to report, including 7 in Peterborough, 5 in Hastings Prince Edward, and 3 in Northumberland. There are no new cases in Kawartha Lakes or Haliburton.
An outbreak at Severn Court student residence in Peterborough was declared on February 27. An outbreak at an unidentified workplace in Belleville was declared on February 25.
An additional 9 cases have been resolved, including 4 in Hastings Prince Edward, 3 in Peterborough, 1 in Northumberland, and 1 in Kawartha Lakes.
There are currently 93 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, an increase of 2 from yesterday, including 41 in Peterborough, 22 in Northumberland, 16 in Hastings Prince Edward (2 in Quinte West, 9 in Belleville, 3 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 2 in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory), and 14 in Kawartha Lakes. There are no active cases in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 635 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (585 resolved with 9 deaths), 537 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (481 resolved with 55 deaths), 441 in Northumberland County (408 resolved with 11 deaths), 51 in Haliburton County (51 resolved with no deaths), and 413 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (391 resolved with 6 deaths). The most recent 2 deaths were reported in Kawartha Lakes on February 23.
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: 635 (increase of 7)*
Variants of concern cases: 1 (no change)
Active cases: 41 (increase of 4)
Close contacts: 146 (decrease of 6)
Deaths: 9 (no change)
Resolved: 583 (increase of 3)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 24 (no change)**
Total tests completed: Over 43,400 (increase of 100)
Outbreaks: Buckhorn Day Care and Nursery School, Empress Gardens retirement home, Severn Court student residence (increase of 1)***
Vaccine doses administered: 1,136 (no change)
*On its website, Peterborough Public Health is reporting 8 new cases in the last 24 hours. However, in the health unit’s data tracker, the total number of confirmed cases has only increased by 7, with 3 cases resolved, resulting in the number of active cases increasing by 4 to 41.
**As of February 26, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting fewer than 5 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change) and 17 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (no change).
***An outbreak at Severn Court student residence in Peterborough was declared on February 27.
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 Sundays and statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 1,029, including 537 in Kawartha Lakes, 441 in Northumberland, and 51 in Haliburton (increase of 3 in Northumberland)*
Cases with N501Y mutation: 12, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes and 10 in Northumberland (no change)**
Active cases: 36, including 14 in Kawartha Lakes and 22 in Northumberland (decrease of 2, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland)
Probable cases: 1 in Northumberland (no change)
High-risk contacts: 87, including 52 in Kawartha Lakes and 32 in Northumberland (decrease of 11, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 10 in Northumberland)***
Hospitalizations (total to date): 44, including 27 in Kawartha Lakes, 15 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (no change)****
Deaths (including among probable cases): 66, including 55 in Kawartha Lakes and 11 in Northumberland (no change)
Resolved: 940, including 481 in Kawartha Lakes, 408 in Northumberland, 51 in Haliburton (increase of 2, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland)
Tests completed: 142,855 (increase of 517)
Outbreaks: Caressant Care McLaughlin Road long-term care home in Lindsay, Regency long-term care home in Port Hope, Warkworth Place in Warkworth (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.
**The N501Y mutation has been identified in variants of concern including the B.1.1.7 UK variant, the B.1.351 South Africa variant, and the P.1 Brazilian variant.
***This total includes an additional 3 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.
****As of February 26, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 1 patient hospitalized with COVID-19 (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 daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 413 (increase of 5)
Active cases: 16 (no net change)
Deaths: 6 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 0 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change)
Resolved: 391 (increase of 4)
Tests completed: 60,867 (no change)
Vaccines administered: 2,186 (no change)
Outbreaks: Unidentified workplace in Central Hastings, unidentified workplace in Belleville (increase of 1)*
*An outbreak at an unidentified workplace in Belleville was declared on February 25.
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 299,754 (increase of 1,185)
Total COVID-19 variant cases: 508 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 31); 25 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (increase of 11); 2 of P.1 Brazilian variant (no change)
7-day average of daily new cases: 1,108 (decrease of 6)
Resolved: 282,315 (increase of 984, 94.2% of all cases)
Positivity rate: 2.1% (decrease of 0.2%)
Hospitalizations: 680 (decrease of 3)
Hospitalizations in ICU: 276 (decrease of 8)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 182 (decrease of 11)
Deaths: 6,960 (increase of 16)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 16 (decrease of 2)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,865 (increase of 1)
Total tests completed: 10,995,968 (increase of 59,416)
Tests under investigation: 27,989 (decrease of 7,513)
Vaccination doses administered: 668,104 (increase of 24,339)
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 260,972 (increase of 2,958), 1.77% of Ontario’s population (est. 70-90% required for herd immunity)
For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.
