Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 547 new cases today, with the 7-day average of daily cases decreasing by 9 to 565.
Of Ontario’s 34 health units, 1 is reporting a triple-digit increase — Toronto (119) — and 18 are reporting double-digit increases — Peel (55), Windsor-Essex (45), York (42), Ottawa (32), Niagara (29), Durham (28), Eastern Ontario (24), Hamilton (23), Simcoe Muskoka (22), Waterloo (22), Lambton (20), Middlesex-London (19), Brant (14), Halton (14), Chatham-Kent (13), Huron Perth (11), Sudbury (10), and Southwestern (10) — with 3 reporting no new cases at all.
Of the new cases, 64% are people who have not been fully vaccinated (59% have not received any doses and 5% have received only one dose) and 28% 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 9.00 per 100,000 for unvaccinated people, 3.81 per 100,000 for partially vaccinated people, and 1.53 per 100,000 for fully vaccinated people.
Hospitalizations have decreased by 1 to 279, ICU patients have decreased by 7 to 149, and ICU patients on ventilators have dereased by 1 to 102. Ontario is reporting 6 new COVID-related deaths.
Over 21.97 million vaccine doses have been administered, an increase of 25,240 from yesterday. Over 10.66 million people are fully vaccinated, an increase of 15,726 from yesterday, representing 72.11% 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 6 new cases to report, including 4 in Peterborough and 2 in Hastings Prince Edward.
Numbers are unavailable for Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Northumberland as the health unit only issues reports on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Numbers for Thursday will be included in Friday’s update.
An outbreak at St. Paul Catholic Elementary School in Lakefield was declared on October 6.
There has been 1 new COVID-related death in Hastings Prince Edward, the area’s 14th death. There is 1 new COVID-related hospitalization in Hastings Prince Edward.
An additional 8 cases have been resolved in the region, including 5 in Hastings Prince Edward and 3 in Peterborough.
The number of active cases has increased by 1 in Peterborough and has decreased by 4 in Hastings Prince Edward.
There are currently 71 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 3 from yesterday, including 32 in Peterborough, 24 in Hastings Prince Edward (9 in Quinte West, 6 in Belleville, 6 in Tyendingaga Mohawk Territory, 2 in Central Hastings, and 1 in Prince Edward County), 8 in Northumberland, 5 in Kawartha Lakes, and 2 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,851 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,796 resolved with 23 deaths), 1,295 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,245 resolved with 58 deaths), 1,006 in Northumberland County (981 resolved with 17 deaths), 148 in Haliburton County (145 resolved with 1 death), and 1,412 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,374 resolved with 14 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Hastings Prince Edward on October 7.
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.
