Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 417 new cases today, with the 7-day average of daily cases decreasing by 24 to 476.
Of Ontario’s 34 health units, 14 are reporting double-digit increases — Toronto (69), Eastern Ontario (55), Peel (43), Hamilton (30), Ottawa (29), Windsor-Essex (23), Simcoe Muskoka (18), York (18), Durham (14), Waterloo (14), Middlesex-London (13), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (13), Chatham-Kent (11), and Halton (11) — and 3 are reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s new cases, 59% are people who have not been fully vaccinated (55% have not received any doses and 4% have received only one dose) and 36% are people who have been fully vaccinated with two doses, with the vaccination status unknown for 6% of the cases because of a missing or invalid health card number. The 7-day average case rate is 7.73 per 100,000 for unvaccinated people, 3.12 per 100,000 for partially vaccinated people, and 1.41 per 100,000 for fully vaccinated people.
Hospitalizations have increased by 12 to 254, ICU patients have increased by 5 to 158, and ICU patients on ventilators have decreased by 1 to 101. Ontario is reporting 3 new COVID-related deaths.
Over 22.15 million vaccine doses have been administered, an increase of 28,756 since yesterday. Over 10.76 million people are fully vaccinated, an increase of 18,410 since yesterday, representing 72.86% 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 10 new cases to report, including 8 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 Belleville District Christian School in Belleville involving 5 cases was declared on October 13. An outbreak at V.P. Carswell Elementary School in Trenton involving 2 cases was declared on October 13.
An additional 7 cases have been resolved in the region, including 4 in Hastings Prince Edward and 3 in Peterborough,
The number of active cases has increased by 6 in Peterborough and has decreased by 2 in Hastings Prince Edward.
There are currently 77 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, an increase of 4 from yesterday, including 37 in Hastings Prince Edward (14 in Belleville, 6 in Tyendingaga & Deseronto, 5 in Quinte West, 5 in Tyendingaga Mohawk Territory, 2 in Prince Edward County, 2 in Central Hastings, and 1 in North Hastings), 23 in Peterborough, 12 in Northumberland, and 5 in Kawartha Lakes. There are no active cases in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,872 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,826 resolved with 23 deaths), 1,300 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,250 resolved with 58 deaths), 1,018 in Northumberland County (989 resolved with 17 deaths), 148 in Haliburton County (147 resolved with 1 death), and 1,446 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,395 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.
