Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 678 new cases today, with the seven-day average of daily cases increasing by 21 to 646.
Of Ontario’s 34 health units, 2 are reporting triple-digit increases, Toronto (144) and Peel (102), 10 are reporting double-digit increases — York (97), Windsor-Essex (78), Durham (51), Hamilton (48), Middlesex-London (20), Simcoe Muskoka (19), Ottawa (15), Waterloo (15), Niagara (14), and Eastern Ontario (10) — and 3 are reporting no new cases at all.
Of the new cases, 70% are people who have not been fully vaccinated (58% have not received any doses and 12% have received only one dose) and 21% are people who have been fully vaccinated with two doses, with the vaccination status unknown for 9% of the cases.
Hospitalizations have increased by 19 to 302, with the number of ICU patients increasing by 4 to 165 and the number of ICU patients on ventilators decreasing by 3 to 89. There have been no new COVID-related deaths in Ontario.
Over 20.6 million vaccine doses have been administered, an increase of 38,932 from yesterday, with over 9.8 million people fully vaccinated, an increase of 24,982 from yesterday, representing 66.6% 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 3 new cases and an additional 4 resolved cases, with active cases decreasing by 1.
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 Friday’s update.
There are currently 68 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 1 from yesterday, including 34 in Hastings Prince Edward (17 in Belleville, 10 in Quinte West, 2 in North Hastings, 2 in Central Hastings, 2 in Prince Edward County, and 1 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto), 16 in Kawartha Lakes, 14 in Peterborough, and 4 in Northumberland. There are no active cases in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,673 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,637 resolved with 22 deaths), 1,226 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,165 resolved with 58 deaths), 967 in Northumberland County (945 resolved with 17 deaths), 127 in Haliburton County (126 resolved with 1 death), and 1,243 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,197 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.
