Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 722 new cases today, with the seven-day average of daily cases increasing by 30 to 564.
Toronto and Hamilton are reporting triple-digit increases of 170 and 101 respectively. Of Ontario’s remaining 32 health units, 11 are reporting double-digit increases — Windsor-Essex (88), York (70), Peel (63), Durham (39), Middlesex-London (26), Simcoe Muskoka (25), Ottawa (23), Waterloo (23), Halton (22), Niagara (15), and Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (10) — and 5 are reporting no new cases at all.
Of the new cases, 68% are people who have not been fully vaccinated (61% have not received any doses and 11% have received only one dose) and 22% are people who have been fully vaccinated with two doses, with the vaccination status unknown for 6% of the cases.
The number of hospitalizations has dropped by 34 to 178, but (as is always the case on weekends) more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data to the daily bed census, so the number of actual hospitalizations is likely higher. The number of ICU patients has climbed by 11 to 141, and the number of ICU patients on ventilators has increased by 1 to 79.
Ontario is reporting 2 new COVID-related deaths, with none in long-term care homes. There have been no COVID-related deaths of residents in long-term care homes since August 3.
Over 20.4 million vaccine doses have been administered, an increase of 33,535 from yesterday, with more than 9.7 million people fully vaccinated, an increase of 22,811 from yesterday, representing almost 66% 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 are unavailable for Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, Northumberland, and Hastings Prince Edward as the respective health units do not issue reports on weekends.
For Saturday, the Ontario data shows 6 new cases for Hastings Prince Edward Public Health, 2 new cases for Peterborough Public Health, and no new cases for Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit. Regional numbers for Saturday and Sunday will be confirmed in Monday’s update.
As of August 20, there were 73 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, including 40 in Hastings Prince Edward (19 in Belleville, 14 in Quinte West, 3 in Prince Edward County, 2 in North Hastings, 1 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, and 1 in Central Hastings), 14 in Kawartha Lakes, 13 in Peterborough, 5 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,661 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,626 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.
