Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 656 new cases today, with the seven-day average of daily cases remaining unchanged at 700.
Of Ontario’s 34 health units, 1 is reporting a triple-digit increase (Toronto with 158 cases), with 13 reporting double-digit increases — York (76), Hamilton (73), Peel (59), Windsor-Essex (50), Durham (31), Middlesex-London (30), Halton (29), Waterloo (26), Ottawa (22), Simcoe Muskoka (22), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (20), Niagara (14), and Chatham-Kent (12) — and 6 reporting no new cases at all.
Of the new cases, 69% are people who have not been fully vaccinated (61% 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 8% of the cases.
Hospitalizations have increased by 3 to 339, the number of ICU patients has increased by 5 to 163, and the number of ICU patients on ventilators has increased by 3 to 96. Ontario is reporting 13 COVID-related deaths, but 6 of these occurred more than 2 months ago and are being reported today as part of a data clean-up, so there were 7 new COVID-related deaths yesterday.
Almost 20.8 million vaccine doses have been administered, an increase of 34,703 from yesterday, with more than 9.9 million people fully vaccinated, an increase of 21,502 from yesterday, representing just over 67.3% 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 11 new cases to report over the past 2 days, including 6 in Hastings Prince Edward, 3 in Kawartha Lakes, and 2 in Peterborough. There are no new cases in Northumberland or Haliburton.
An additional 9 cases have been resolved in the region including 4 in Peterborough, 2 in Kawartha Lakes, 2 in Hastings Prince Edward, and 1 in Northumberland.
The number of active cases has increased by 1 in Kawartha Lakes and decreased by 3 in Hastings Prince Edwards, by 2 in Peterborough, and by 1 in Northumberland.
There are currently 70 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 5 from August 30, including 37 in Hastings Prince Edward (15 in Belleville, 11 in Central Hastings, 6 in Quinte West, 4 in Prince Edward County, and 1 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto), 20 in Peterborough, 10 in Kawartha Lakes, and 3 in Northumberland. There are no active cases in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,692 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,650 resolved with 22 deaths), 1,232 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,177 resolved with 58 deaths), 969 in Northumberland County (949 resolved with 17 deaths), 127 in Haliburton County (126 resolved with 1 death), and 1,278 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,219 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.
