Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 466 new cases today, with the 7-day average of daily cases decreasing by 15 to 606.
Of Ontario’s 34 health units, 1 is reporting a triple-digit increase — Toronto (138) — and 12 are reporting double-digit increases — Peel (39), Ottawa (31), Windsor-Essex (31), Hamilton (25), Niagara (25), York (21), Durham (19), Halton (18), Chatham-Kent (15), Simcoe Muskoka (14), Middlesex-London (14), and Waterloo (13) — with 4 reporting no new cases at all.
Of the new cases, 65% are people who have not been fully vaccinated (59% have not received any doses and 6% have received only one dose) and 26% 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 9.67 per 100,000 for unvaccinated people, 4.57 per 100,000 for partially vaccinated people, and 1.45 per 100,000 for fully vaccinated people.
Hospitalizations have jumped by 117 to 315, but this increase is in part a result of underreporting by more than 10% of hospitals over the weekend. The number of ICU patients has decreased by 4 to 180 and the number of ICU patients on ventilators has decreased by 3 to 127. Ontario is reporting 9 new COVID-related deaths.
Over 21.7 million vaccine doses have been administered, an increase of 31,855 from yesterday. Over 10.49 million people are fully vaccinated, an increase of 18,885 from yesterday, representing 70.95% 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.
COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from August 28 – September 27, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of hospitalizations, the purple line is the daily number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs, and the blue line is the daily number of ICU patients on ventilators. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 18 new cases to report, including 14 in Hastings Prince Edward and 4 in Peterborough. An additional 15 cases have been resolved in the region, including 8 in Hastings Prince Edward and 7 in Peterborough.
The number of active cases has increased by 6 in Hastings Prince Edward and has decreased by 3 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 Tuesday will be included in Wednesday’s update.
There are currently 91 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, an increase of 3 from yesterday, including 46 in Hastings Prince Edward (22 in Quinte West, 15 in Belleville, 4 in Prince Edward County, 2 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, and 3 in North Hastings), 21 in Kawartha Lakes, 19 in Peterborough, 4 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,817 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,775 resolved with 23 deaths), 1,290 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,224 resolved with 58 deaths), 997 in Northumberland County (976 resolved with 17 deaths), 146 in Haliburton County (144 resolved with 1 death), and 1,388 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,329 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.
