Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 526 new cases today, with the seven-day average of daily cases rising by 29 to 469. Of the new cases, 67% are among unvaccinated people, 21% are among fully vaccinated people, and 11% are among partially vaccinated people.
Toronto is reporting another triple-digit increase today of 128 cases. Of Ontario’s remaining 33 health units, 11 are reporting double-digit increases — Peel (83), York (66), Hamilton (52), Windsor-Essex (46), Ottawa (20), Middlesex-London (20), Simcoe Muskoka (18), Durham (17), Waterloo (14), Niagara (11), and Halton (10) — and 7 are reporting no new cases at all.
The number of hospitalizations has increased by 10 to 108, but 10% of hospitals did not submit data yesterday for the daily bed census so the actual number of hospitalizations is likely higher. The number of ICU patients has increased by 3 to 119 and the number of patients on ventilators has decreased by 5 to 66.
For the second day in a row, Ontario is reporting no new COVID-related deaths.
More than 20.2 million vaccine doses have been administered, an increase of 26,033 from yesterday, with over 9.5 million people fully vaccinated, an increase of 20,086 from yesterday, representing almost 65% 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 are 21 new cases to report over the past 3 days, including 11 in Hastings Prince Edward, 6 in Kawartha Lakes, 2 in Northumberland, 1 in Peterborough, and 1 in Haliburton.
There is 1 new COVID-related hospitalization in Peterborough.
An additional 17 cases have been resolved in the region over the past 3 days, including including 11 in Hastings Prince Edward, 4 in Kawartha Lakes, 1 in Northumberland, and 1 in Peterborough.
The number of active cases has increased by 1 in Kawartha Lakes and by 1 in Haliburton, and remains the same in Peterborough, Northumberland, and Hastings Prince Edward.
There are currently 50 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, an increase of 2 since August 13, including 28 in Hastings Prince Edward (14 in Belleville, 8 in Quinte West, 3 in Prince Edward County, 2 in Central Hastings, and 1 in North Hastings), 10 in Kawartha Lakes, 6 in Northumberland, 5 in Peterborough, and 1 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,650 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,623 resolved with 22 deaths), 1,206 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,151 resolved with 58 deaths), 961 in Northumberland County (938 resolved with 17 deaths), 127 in Haliburton County (125 resolved with 1 death), and 1,205 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,165 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.
