Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Cases in Ontario have increased for the fifth straight day, with 258 new cases reported today. The seven-day average of daily cases has now increased by 13 to 183.
Most of the increase in cases is in urban centres, with 8 of Ontario’s 34 health units reporting double-digit increases — Toronto (53), York (33), Waterloo (28), Hamilton (27), Peel (26), Durham (22), Halton (12), and Middlesex-London (11) — and 8 reporting no new cases at all.
However, the number of hospitalizations and ICU patients continues to slowly decline. Hospitalizations have decreased by 3 to 105, with the number of ICU patients decreasing by 5 to 112. The number of patients on ventilators has increased by 6 to 83.
Ontario is reporting 6 new COVID-related deaths today, with none in long-term care homes.
Over 19.4 million vaccine doses have been administered, an increase of 81,590 from yesterday, with almost 9 million people fully vaccinated, an increase of 66,276 from yesterday, representing almost 61% 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. Health units will also not be publishing reports on Monday because of the Civic Holiday. Numbers for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday will be provided when the health units issue their reports on Tuesday.
As of July 30, there were 35 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, including 17 in Kawartha Lakes, 7 in Northumberland, 5 in Peterborough, 3 in Hastings Prince Edward (2 in Quinte West and 1 in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory), and 3 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,641 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,614 resolved with 22 deaths), 1,168 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,106 resolved with 58 deaths), 953 in Northumberland County (929 resolved with 17 deaths), 126 in Haliburton County (122 resolved with 1 death), and 1,150 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,135 resolved with 12 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Hastings Prince Edward on July 28.
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.
