Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 485 new cases today, with the seven-day average of daily cases increasing by 23 to 496. Due a technical issue, the province is not reporting vaccination status of new cases today.
Toronto is reporting a triple-digit increase today of 108 cases. Of Ontario’s remaining 33 health units, 11 are reporting double-digit increases — Windsor-Essex (75), Peel (59), Hamilton (36), Middlesex-London (27), York (22), Ottawa (19), Simcoe Muskoka (17), Durham (16), Halton (16), Waterloo (12), and Brant (11) — and 4 are reporting no new cases at all.
The number of hospitalizations has risen by 11 to 174. Due a technical issue, the province is not reporting data about ICU patients or ventilated patients. Ontario is reporting 3 COVID-related deaths today.
Almost 20.3 million vaccine doses have been administered, an increase of 41,016 from yesterday, with over 9.6 million people fully vaccinated, an increase of 29,121 from yesterday, representing just over 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 24 new cases to report over the past 2 days, including 14 in Hastings Prince Edward, 4 in Peterborough, 2 in Kawartha Lakes, 2 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton.
An outbreak at RONA in Lindsay was declared on August 17. There is 1 new COVID-related hospitalization in Peterborough.
An additional 7 cases have been resolved in the region including 3 in Hastings Prince Edward, 2 in Kawartha Lakes, and 2 in Haliburton.
The number of active cases has increased by 11 in Hastings Prince Edward, by 4 in Peterborough, by 1 in Northumberland, and by 1 in Haliburton, and remains the same in Kawartha Lakes.
There are currently 66 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, an increase of 17 since Monday, including 39 in Hastings Prince Edward (19 in Belleville, 14 in Quinte West, 3 in Prince Edward County, 1 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 1 in Central Hastings, and 1 in North Hastings), 10 in Kawartha Lakes, 8 in Peterborough, 7 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,654 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,624 resolved with 22 deaths), 1,208 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,153 resolved with 58 deaths), 962 in Northumberland County (938 resolved with 17 deaths), 130 in Haliburton County (127 resolved with 1 death), and 1,219 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,168 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.
