Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 574 new cases today, with the 7-day average of daily cases decreasing by 1 to 710.
Of Ontario’s 34 health units, 1 is reporting a triple-digit increase — Toronto (104) — with 14 reporting double-digit increases — Peel (80), Ottawa (58), York (44), Niagara (39), Windsor-Essex (34), Halton (31), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (24), Durham (21), Middlesex-London (19), Hamilton (18), Waterloo (17), Eastern Ontario (16), Simcoe Muskoka (13), and Brant (11) — and 5 reporting no new cases at all.
Of the new cases, 67% are people who have not been fully vaccinated (61% have not received any doses and 6% have received only one dose) and 24% are people who have been fully vaccinated with two doses, with the vaccination status unknown for 9% of the cases because of a missing or invalid health card number. The 7-day average case rate is 10.73 per 100,000 for unvaccinated people, 5.60 per 100,000 for partially vaccinated people, and 1.76 per 100,000 for fully vaccinated people.
Hospitalizations have jumped by 97 to 330, but part of this increase may be due to undereporting by more than 10% of hospitals on the weekend. The number of ICU patients has increased by 2 to 179 and the number of ICU patients on ventilators has increased by 7 to 130. Ontario is reporting 8 new COVID-related deaths.
Over 21.4 million vaccine doses have been administered, an increase of 30,072 from yesterday. Almost 10.4 million people are fully vaccinated, an increase of 17,479 from yesterday, representing just over 69.8% 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 8 new cases to report in Peterborough. However, another 8 cases have been resolved, leaving the number of active cases unchanged at 25.
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.
There are currently 88 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region (no change from yesterday), including 33 in Hastings Prince Edward (15 in Quinte West, 13 in Belleville, 2 in North Hastings, 1 in Prince Edward County, 1 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, and 1 in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory), 25 in Peterborough, 12 in Kawartha Lakes, 12 in Northumberland, and 6 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,795 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,747 resolved with 23 deaths), 1,269 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,212 resolved with 58 deaths), 992 in Northumberland County (963 resolved with 17 deaths), 145 in Haliburton County (138 resolved with 1 death), and 1,349 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,303 resolved with 13 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Hastings Prince Edward on September 20.
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.
