Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 486 new cases today, the lowest daily increase in the past 6 days. However, the seven-day average of daily cases has increased by 19 to 600.
Toronto is reporting a triple-digit increases of 129 cases. Of Ontario’s remaining 33 health units, 9 are reporting double-digit increases — Peel (82), Windsor-Essex (47), York (45), Hamilton (45), Halton (27), Simcoe Muskoka (16), Middlesex-London (15), Ottawa (12), and Niagara (11) — and 8 are reporting no new cases at all.
Of the new cases, 65% are people who have not been fully vaccinated (57% have not received any doses and 8% have received only one dose) and 23% are people who have been fully vaccinated with two doses, with the vaccination status unknown for 11% of the cases.
Hospitalizations have climbed by 91 to 295, but part of this increase is due to underreporting by more than 10% of hospitals over the weekend. This is the highest number of hospitalization since June 23, when 295 hospitalizations were also reported. However, on June 23 there were 305 ICU patients; today, there are 156 ICU patients, an increase of 4 from yesterday. The number of ICU patients on ventilators has increased by 3 to 85.
Ontario is reporting 18 deaths, but 16 of these deaths occurred more than 2 months ago and are being reported today as part of a data clean-up. The number of new COVID-related deaths since yesterday is 2.
Over 20.5 million vaccine doses have been administered, an increase of 36,655 from yesterday, with almost 9.8 million people fully vaccinated, an increase of 23,425 from yesterday, representing over 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.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there is 1 new case to report in Peterborough. 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 Tuesday will be included in Wednesday’s update.
An additional 3 cases have been resolved in Peterborough, with active cases decreasing by 2 to 13.
There are currently 78 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 2 from yesterday, including 38 in Hastings Prince Edward (23 in Belleville, 11 in Quinte West, 2 in North Hastings, 1 in Central Hastings, 1 in Prince Edward County, and 1 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto), 20 in Kawartha Lakes, 13 in Peterborough, 6 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,667 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,632 resolved with 22 deaths), 1,225 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,160 resolved with 58 deaths), 967 in Northumberland County (944 resolved with 17 deaths), 127 in Haliburton County (125 resolved with 1 death), and 1,237 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,187 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.
