Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 677 new cases today, with the 7-day average of daily cases decreasing by 27 to 665.
Of Ontario’s 34 health units, 1 is reporting a triple-digit increase — Toronto (136) — and 15 are reporting double-digit increases — Peel (76), Durham (39), Windsor-Essex (39), Hamilton (38), Middlesex-London (31), Ottawa (29), Eastern Ontario (29), Niagara (26), Halton (24), Brant (22), Waterloo (18), Chatham-Kent (17), Lambton (18), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (14), and Simcoe Muskoka (11) — with 6 reporting no new cases at all.
Of the new cases, 70% are people who have not been fully vaccinated (64% have not received any doses and 5% have received only one dose) and 22% are people who have been fully vaccinated with two doses, with the vaccination status unknown for 8% of the cases because of a missing or invalid health card number. The 7-day average case rate is 10.18 per 100,000 for unvaccinated people, 4.99 per 100,000 for partially vaccinated people, and 1.64 per 100,000 for fully vaccinated people.
Hospitalizations have increased by 8 to 307, with the number of ICU patients increasing by 6 to 193 and the number of ICU patients on ventilators increasing by 4 to 134. Ontario is reporting 6 new COVID-related deaths.
Over 21.5 million vaccine doses have been administered, an increase of 44,754 from yesterday. Almost 10.4 million people are fully vaccinated, an increase of 27,069 from yesterday, representing over 70% 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 7 new cases to report, including 5 in Hastings Prince Edward and 2 in Peterborough.
Numbers are unavailable for Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Northumberland as that health unit only issues reports on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Numbers for Thursday will be included in Friday’s update.
An additional 9 cases have been resolved in the region, including 7 in Peterborough and 2 in Hastings Prince Edward. The number of active cases has decreased by 5 in Peterborough and has increased by 3 in Hastings Prince Edward.
There are currently 87 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 2 from yesterday, including 40 in Hastings Prince Edward (16 in Quinte West, 15 in Belleville, 4 in Prince Edward County, 3 in North Hastings, and 2 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto), 20 in Peterborough, 12 in Northumberland, 11 in Kawartha Lakes, and 4 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,798 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,755 resolved with 23 deaths), 1,270 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,214 resolved with 58 deaths), 994 in Northumberland County (965 resolved with 17 deaths), 145 in Haliburton County (140 resolved with 1 death), and 1,362 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,309 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.
