Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 172 new COVID-19 cases today, with 4 of Ontario’s 34 health units reporting double-digit increases — Toronto (48), Peel (23), Durham (11), and Hamilton (11) — and 8 reporting no new cases at all.
The seven-day average of daily cases remains unchanged at 159.
Hospitalizations have fallen by 37 to 88, but more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data for the daily bed census so the actual number of hospitalizations may be higher. The number of ICU patients has decreased by 5 to 127, and the number of patients on ventilators has decreased by 5 to 81. Ontario is reporting 2 new COVID-related deaths, with none in long-term care homes.
Over 18.9 million vaccine doses have been administered, an increase of 103,812 from yesterday, with over 8.5 million people fully vaccinated, an increase of 88,991 from yesterday, representing almost 58% of Ontario’s total population.
For a daily summary of cases in Ontario, including a breakdown of cases in each of Ontario’s 34 health units, visit ontario.ca/page/how-ontario-is-responding-covid-19.
Numbers for the greater Kawarthas region are unavailable on weekends as no health units in the region publish reports on Saturdays or Sundays.
However, the Ontario data indicates that, for July 24, there were 5 new cases in Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge, 1 new case in Peterborough, and 1 new case in Hastings Prince Edward. Actual cases for regional health units will be confirmed when the health units issue their reports on Monday.
As of July 23, there are 28 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, including 13 in Kawartha Lakes, 9 in Hastings Prince Edward (1 in Quinte West, 1 in Belleville, 1 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 1 in Prince Edward County, 4 in Central Hastings, and 1 in North Hastings), 5 in Peterborough, and 1 in Haliburton. There are no active cases in Northumberland.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,627 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,601 resolved with 22 deaths), 1,152 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,094 resolved with 58 deaths), 946 in Northumberland County (929 resolved with 17 deaths), 123 in Haliburton County (121 resolved with 1 death), and 1,146 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,126 resolved with 11 deaths). The most recent two deaths were reported in Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes on June 29.
For detailed data for each health unit, visit the COVID-19 trackers for Peterborough Public Health, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit, and Hastings Prince Edward Public Health.
For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.
