Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 531 new cases today, with the seven-day average of daily cases increasing by 2 to 498. Of the new cases, 72% are among unvaccinated people, 14% are among fully vaccinated people, 9% are among partially vaccinated people, and 5% are unknown.
Toronto is reporting a triple-digit increase today of 116 cases. Of Ontario’s remaining 33 health units, 12 are reporting double-digit increases — Peel (63), York (62), Hamilton (46), Windsor-Essex (43), Durham (29), Simcoe Muskoka (25), Middlesex-London (22), Ottawa (19), Halton (17), Waterloo (17), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (13), and Brant (12) — and 7 are reporting no new cases at all.
The number of hospitalizations has increased by 2 to 176. Due a technical issue, for the second day in a row the province is not reporting data about ICU patients or ventilated patients.
Ontario is reporting 17 COVID-related deaths, but only 2 of these are new deaths; the other 15 occurred more than 2 months ago but are being reported now as part of a data clean-up.
Over 20.3 million vaccine doses have been administered, an increase of 45,545 from yesterday, with over 9.6 million people fully vaccinated, an increase of 28,935 from yesterday, representing 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, Peterborough is reporting 4 new cases for the second day in a row, increasing the number of active cases by 4 to 12.
Numbers are unavailable for Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, Northumberland, and Hastings Prince Edward as the respective health units only issue reports on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Numbers for Thursday will be included in Friday’s update.
There are currently 70 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, an increase of 4 since yesterday, 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), 12 in Peterborough, 10 in Kawartha Lakes, 7 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,658 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.
