Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 119 new COVID-19 cases today — the same number of cases reported a year ago today.
Of Ontario’s 34 health units, 4 are reporting double-digit increases — Toronto (22), Hamilton (15), Waterloo (14), and Peel (13) — and 12 are reporting no new cases at all. The seven-day average of daily cases has decreased by 2 to 157.
Hospitalizations have increased by 8 to 96, but more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data for the daily bed census yesterday so the actual number of hospitalizations may be higher. The number of ICU patients has increased by 4 to 131, and the number of patients on ventilators has decreased by 2 to 79. Ontario is reporting 3 new COVID-related deaths, including 1 in a long-term care home.
Over 19 million vaccine doses have been administered, an increase of 65,920 from yesterday, with over 8.6 million people fully vaccinated, an increase of 56,180 from yesterday, representing over 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.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 9 new cases over the past 3 days, including 6 in Kawartha Lakes, 2 in Haliburton, and 1 in Peterborough. There have been no new cases over the past 3 days in Northumberland or Hastings Prince Edward.
An additional 7 cases in the region have been resolved over the past 3 days, including 6 in Hastings Prince Edward and 1 in Peterborough.
Regional active cases have increased by 6 in Kawartha Lakes and by 2 in Haliburton, decreased by 6 in Hastings Prince Edward, and remain the same in Peterborough.
There are currently 30 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, an increase of 2 since July 23, including 19 in Kawartha Lakes, 5 in Peterborough, 3 in Hastings Prince Edward (1 in Quinte West, 1 in Belleville, and 1 in North Hastings), and 3 in Haliburton. There are no active cases in Northumberland.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,629 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,602 resolved with 22 deaths), 1,158 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,094 resolved with 58 deaths), 946 in Northumberland County (929 resolved with 17 deaths), 125 in Haliburton County (121 resolved with 1 death), and 1,146 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,132 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.
