Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.

Today, Ontario is reporting 1,038 new cases, including 10 more cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant and 4 more cases of the B.1.351 South Africa variant, with the seven-day average of daily new cases increasing by 14 to 1,016.

In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 9 new cases to report and 9 additional cases resolved, with the number of active cases across the region decreasing by 1 to 90.

Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (376), Peel (142), and York (122).

There are double-digit increases in Hamilton (49), Simcoe Muskoka (45), Waterloo (43), Windsor-Essex (41), Ottawa (37), Halton (27), Northwestern (25), Thunder Bay (21), Middlesex-London (20), Durham (19), Lambton (15), and Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (10), with smaller increases in Peterborough (9), Eastern Ontario (8), and Niagara (6).

The remaining 16 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 7 health units reporting no new cases at all.

Of today’s new cases, 59% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (413) among people ages 20-39, followed by 266 cases among people ages 40-59.

With 1,277 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.1% to 94.0%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has decreased by 0.8% from yesterday to 2.2%, meaning that 22 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on February 17.

Ontario is reporting 44 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 13 in long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 23 new daily deaths over the past week.

Hospitalizations have increased by 39 from yesterday to 758, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs decreasing by 21 to 277 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators decreasing by 19 to 192.

A total of 56,165 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation increasing by 12,383 to 44,532.

A total of 501,867 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 12,383 from yesterday, with 205,802 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 10,436 from yesterday, representing 1.4% of Ontario’s population.

There are 97 new cases in Ontario schools, an increase of 22 from yesterday, including 71 student cases and 26 staff cases. There are 25 new cases in licensed child care settings in Ontario, a decrease of 28 from yesterday, with 9 cases among children and 16 cases among staff.

In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 9 new cases to report, including 4 in Peterborough, 4 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Northumberland. There are no new cases in Hastings Prince Edward or Haliburton.

There are 2 new hospitalizations in Northumberland

An additional 9 cases have been resolved, including 5 in Kawartha Lakes and 4 in Peterborough.

There are currently 90 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 1 from yesterday, including 35 in Peterborough, 23 in Kawartha Lakes, 20 in Northumberland, 11 in Hastings Prince Edward (1 in Quinte West, 3 in Belleville, 2 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 2 in Prince Edward County, 2 in Tyendinga Mohawk Territory, 1 in Central Hastings), and 1 in Haliburton.

Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 598 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (554 resolved with 9 deaths), 519 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (458 resolved with 51 deaths), 416 in Northumberland County (385 resolved with 11 deaths), 51 in Haliburton County (50 resolved with no deaths), and 389 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (373 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent two deaths were reported in Northumberland on February 16.

The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 12 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. There may be discrepancies between the Ontario data reported today (which is from yesterday) and the local health unit data reported today (which is from today).

Peterborough Public Health

Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.

The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 598 (increase of 4)
Active cases: 35 (no net change)
Close contacts: 237 (increase of 12)
Deaths: 9 (no change)
Resolved: 554 (increase of 4)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 24 (no change)*
Total tests completed: Over 42,650 (increase of 100)
Outbreaks: Peterborough Retirement Residence, Buckhorn Day Care and Nursery School (no change)
Vaccine doses administered: 976 (as of February 12)

*As of February 18, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 4 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change) and 17 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (no change).

Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit

The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.

The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding Sundays and statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 986, including 519 in Kawartha Lakes, 416 in Northumberland, and 51 in Haliburton (increase of 5, including 4 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland)*
Active cases: 45, including 24 in Kawartha Lakes, 20 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no net change)
Probable cases: 4, including 3 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland (no change)
High-risk contacts: 191, including 80 in Kawartha Lakes, 91 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (decrease of 95)**
Hospitalizations (total to date): 41, including 26 in Kawartha Lakes, 13 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (increase of 2 in Northumberland)***
Deaths (including among probable cases): 62, including 51 in Kawartha Lakes and 11 in Northumberland (no change)
Resolved: 893, including 458 in Kawartha Lakes, 385 in Northumberland, 50 in Haliburton (increase of 5 in Kawartha Lakes)
Tests completed: 137,020 (increase of 768)
Institutional outbreaks: Caressant Care McLaughlin Road long-term care home in Lindsay, Regency long-term care home in Port Hope, Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Extendicare Cobourg long-term care home, Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon, Cobourg Police, Warkworth Place in Warkworth (no change)

*The health unit states that total counts and counts for individual counties may fluctuate from previously reported counts as cases are transferred to or from the health unit based on case investigation details and routine data cleaning.

**This total includes an additional 19 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.

***As of February 18, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 2 patients are hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change).

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.

The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 389 (no change)
Active cases: 11 (no change)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 0 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change)
Resolved: 373 (no change)
Tests completed: 57,147 (increase of 5)
Vaccines administered: 1,483 (no change)
Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)

Province of Ontario

Confirmed positive: 289,621 (increase of 1,038)
7-day average of daily new cases: 1,016 (increase of 14)
Resolved: 272,146 (increase of 1,277, 94.0% of all cases)
Positivity rate: 2.2% (decrease of 0.8%)
Hospitalizations: 758 (increase of 39)
Hospitalizations in ICU: 277 (decrease of 21)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 192 (decrease of 19)
Deaths: 6,773 (increase of 44)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 23 (increase of 4)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,820 (increase of 13)
Total tests completed: 10,523,414 (increase of 56,165)
Tests under investigation: 44,532 (increase of 12,383)
Vaccination doses administered: 501,867 (increase of 9,107)
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 205,802 (increase of 10,436), 1.4% of Ontario’s population
Total COVID-19 variant cases: 348 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 10); 10 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (increase of 4); 1 of P.1 Brazilian variant (no change)

For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.

This is the second article in a three-part series about a community project to advance the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals in Peterborough and the Kawarthas. Read part one.

In 2015, 193 countries officially adopted the United Nations’ historic 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, an ambitious plan to “free the human race from the tyranny of poverty and want, and to heal and secure our planet”. Agenda 2030 is a framework of 17 interconnected goals known as the sustainable development goals (or the SDGs, for short) that communities, like ours in Nogojiwanong/Peterborough, adapt for use in the local context.

While equity is acknowledged as necessary to achieving all of the SDGs, the local community coalition recognized this means reckoning with the injustices facing Indigenous and racialized people, people with disabilities, women and gender diverse people, and others. As a result, we forged the Indigenous Leadership Action Team to address this gap in the SDG strategy.

The action team, made up of representatives from the traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig peoples (part of the land covered by Treaty #20), is guiding the Nogojiwanong/Peterborough SDG project to ensure Indigenous knowledge and experience remains central to the initiative.

To provide insight on what this means, we spoke with leading members of the action team. Below are excerpts from an interview with elder advisor Phyllis Williams and project consultants Anne Taylor and Gary Pritchard Jr., who are all members of Curve Lake First Nation, Michi Saagiig (Mississauga) Anishinaabek. We are grateful for the wisdom they have shared.

We first asked the interviewees why an Indigenous leadership approach to the SDGs is vital.

“This work is so important because it gives us a channel to relay our feelings, observations, and experiences to those that can change things,” elder Phyllis Williams explained. “They may not be politicians or high-profile people, but we can ignite the thoughts of those ones with the ability to press upon various audiences. I have much hope for that to happen.”

“I think this work is important because it sets the table for creating ethical space for Indigenous people,” says Gary Pritchard Jr., an environmental consultant who works with clients to integrate Indigenous knowledge systems into projects through meaningful and respectful relationship building.

“I don’t think we can have any forward movement on the SDGs without Indigenous voices that are so connected to the Earth, especially the ones who are out on the land,” said Anishinaabe educator Anne Taylor.

“Their voices are necessary because, when it comes to climate change, food security, education, it’s all connected to our connection and our ancestor’s connection with the Earth. We have been standing up for the water, for the land, and for the air, and standing between what’s harming us. That’s our responsibility and we’ve been doing it for thousands of years.”

The Indigenous Leadership Action Team members also identified some of their hopes for this work.

Taylor noted she hopes more people will begin “to recognize the value of our intelligence, and our methods of teaching and of passing on knowledge.”

“That knowledge has been passed down for thousands of years,” Taylor added. “We’re sharing the knowledge and voices of our ancestors when we learn from those ones that still spend so much time on the land.”

“I think Indigenous leadership is a big piece of the whole in solving the question of how we progress towards Canada meaningfully building and reconciling with Indigenous people,” Pritchard Jr. said. “I say Canada needs to reconcile with the environment, too, because of the damage they do.”

“It’s been amazing and complementary that we’ve been able to record our feelings, our experiences, and the knowledge we’ve gained,” Taylor said. “I have much hope and promise in the power of that.”

“We need to do this work now for the sake of those little ones that will come along behind us. Because they haven’t experienced the rich, beautiful, and peaceful environment that was here before, when Mother Earth wasn’t so damaged and impacted.”

In closing, we asked the group what barriers they see to centring Indigenous leadership.

“The challenge is getting the greater population — that larger society — to not just recognize what we’re doing, but to hear what we’re saying,” Taylor said. “I always think in terms of being aware, recognizing, understanding, and acting. Those are the four things that I try to bring into my life when I’m talking about anything to do with the Earth and our place in it.”

“I believe the challenge of this work will be to attract those that have the ability to cause the actions that were referenced,” Williams said. “It’s important that we impress this work upon the politicians and leaders — especially in these times — because we have so many other priorities and challenges before us.”

“This work is not done for us. This is a project with an end that only begins our discussion,” she added. “I do strongly believe that there will be more work ahead of us.”

This conversation will continue at the “Leaving No One Behind: Advancing the SDGs in Nogojiwanong/Peterborough” forum on February 24th and 25th. Please join us at this free virtual event to share and advance the local SDG project by registering at advancingthesdgscommunityforum.eventbrite.com.

This important project would not have been possible without Canada’s Sustainable Development Goals Funding Program and generous community participation.

Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.

Today, Ontario is reporting 847 new cases, including 29 more cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant, with the seven-day average of daily new cases decreasing by 35 to 1,002.

In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 12 new cases to report and 12 additional cases resolved, with the number of active cases across the region remaining unchanged at 91.

Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (257), Peel (170), and York (131).

There are double-digit increases in Ottawa (53), Windsor-Essex (44), Durham (30), Hamilton (29), Simcoe Muskoka (26), Waterloo (18), Halton (12), Brant (11), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (11), Thunder Bay (10), and Niagara (10), with smaller increases in Peterborough (6).

The remaining 19 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 7 health units reporting no new cases at all.

Of today’s new cases, 53% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (314) among people ages 20-39, followed by 255 cases among people ages 40-59.

With 1,456 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.3% to 93.9%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 0.6% from yesterday to 3.0%, meaning that 30 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on February 16.

Ontario is reporting 10 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 4 in long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 19 new daily deaths over the past week.

Hospitalizations have decreased by 23 from yesterday to 719, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs increasing by 6 to 298 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators increasing by 10 to 211.

A total of 33,977 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation increasing by 18,706 to 33,730.

A total of 489,484 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 9,107 from yesterday, with 195,366 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 8,432 from yesterday, representing 1.33% of Ontario’s population.

There are 75 new cases in Ontario schools, an increase of 52 from yesterday, including 71 student cases and 4 staff cases. There are 53 new cases in licensed child care settings in Ontario, an increase of 31 from yesterday, with 34 cases among children and 19 cases among staff.

In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 12 new cases to report, including 6 in Peterborough, 3 in Northumberland, 2 in Hastings Prince Edward, and 1 in Kawartha Lakes. There are no new cases in Haliburton.

An outbreak at Warkworth Place in Warkworth was declared on February 16. An outbreak at Buckhorn Day Care and Nursery School was declared on February 16, based on one child case and one staff case

An additional 12 cases have been resolved, including 4 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Northumberland, 2 in Peterborough, and 2 in Hastings Prince Edward.

There are currently 91 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region (no net change from yesterday), including 35 in Peterborough, 25 in Kawartha Lakes, 19 in Northumberland, 11 in Hastings Prince Edward (1 in Quinte West, 3 in Belleville, 2 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 2 in Prince Edward County, 2 in Tyendinga Mohawk Territory, 1 in Central Hastings), and 1 in Haliburton.

Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 594 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (550 resolved with 9 deaths), 516 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (453 resolved with 51 deaths), 415 in Northumberland County (385 resolved with 11 deaths), 51 in Haliburton County (50 resolved with no deaths), and 389 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (373 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent two deaths were reported in Northumberland on February 16.

The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 12 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. There may be discrepancies between the Ontario data reported today (which is from yesterday) and the local health unit data reported today (which is from today).

Peterborough Public Health

Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.

The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 594 (increase of 6)
Active cases: 35 (increase of 4)
Close contacts: 225 (increase of 20)
Deaths: 9 (no change)
Resolved: 550 (increase of 2)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 24 (no change)*
Total tests completed: Over 42,550 (increase of 50)
Outbreaks: Peterborough Retirement Residence, Buckhorn Day Care and Nursery School (no change)**
Vaccine doses administered: 976 (as of February 12)

*As of February 17, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 4 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (an increase of 1) and 17 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (no change).

**An outbreak at Buckhorn Day Care and Nursery School was declared on February 16, based on one child case and one staff case.

Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit

The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.

The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding Sundays and statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 982, including 516 in Kawartha Lakes, 415 in Northumberland, and 51 in Haliburton (increase of 4, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 3 in Northumberland)*
Active cases: 45, including 25 in Kawartha Lakes, 19 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (decrease of 4, including 3 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland)
Probable cases: 4, including 3 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland (net decrease of 1)
High-risk contacts: 286, including 139 in Kawartha Lakes, 119 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (net increase of 2)**
Hospitalizations (total to date): 39, including 26 in Kawartha Lakes, 11 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (no change)***
Deaths (including among probable cases): 62, including 51 in Kawartha Lakes and 11 in Northumberland (no change)
Resolved: 888, including 453 in Kawartha Lakes, 385 in Northumberland, 50 in Haliburton (increase of 8, including 4 in Kawartha Lakes and 4 in Northumberland)
Tests completed: 136,252 (increase of 1,106)
Institutional outbreaks: Caressant Care McLaughlin Road long-term care home in Lindsay, Regency long-term care home in Port Hope, Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Extendicare Cobourg long-term care home, Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon, Cobourg Police, Warkworth Place in Warkworth (increase of 1)****

*The health unit states that total counts and counts for individual counties may fluctuate from previously reported counts as cases are transferred to or from the health unit based on case investigation details and routine data cleaning.

**This total includes an additional 26 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.

***As of February 17, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 2 patients are hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change).

****An outbreak at Warkworth Place in Warkworth was declared on February 16.

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.

The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 389 (increase of 2)
Active cases: 11 (no net change)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 0 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change)
Resolved: 373 (increase of 2)
Tests completed: 57,142 (increase of 1,787)
Vaccines administered: 1,483 (no change)
Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)

Province of Ontario

Confirmed positive: 288,583 (increase of 847)*
7-day average of daily new cases: 1,002 (decrease of 35)
Resolved: 270,869 (increase of 1,456, 93.9% of all cases)
Positivity rate: 3.0% (increase of 0.6%)
Hospitalizations: 719 (decrease of 23)
Hospitalizations in ICU: 298 (increase of 6)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 211 (increase of 10)
Deaths: 6,729 (increase of 10)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 19 (decrease of 5)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,807 (increase of 4)
Total tests completed: 10,467,249 (increase of 33,977)
Tests under investigation: 33,730 (increase of 18,706)
Vaccination doses administered: 489,484 (increase of 9,107)
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 195,366 (increase of 8,432), 1.33% of Ontario’s population
Total COVID-19 variant cases: 338 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 29); 6 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (decrease of 3); 1 of P.1 Brazilian variant (no change)

*As part of continued data quality checks and remediation activities following Toronto Public Health’s migration to to the province’s Case and Contact Management System, case counts may fluctuate.

For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.

Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.

Over the past two days, Ontario has reported 1,868 new cases, an average of 934 per day, with 904 cases reported today. The seven-day average of daily new cases has decreased by 16 to 1,035.

Today’s total includes 6 more cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant and 2 more cases of the B.1.351 South Africa variant.

In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 25 new cases to report and 30 additional cases resolved, with the number of active cases across the region decreasing by 9 to 91. There are 2 new COVID-related deaths in Northumberland.

Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (320), Peel (154), and York (118).

There are double-digit increases in Halton (44), Durham (37), Hamilton (37), Waterloo (31), Ottawa (30), Niagara (27), Simcoe Muskoka (24), Northwestern (15), Brant (13), and Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (12), with smaller increases in Thunder Bay (9), Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (6), and Southwestern (6).

The remaining 18 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 8 health units reporting no new cases at all.

Of today’s new cases, 57% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (354) among people ages 20-39, followed by 243 cases among people ages 40-59.

With 1,012 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased to 93.6%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 0.3% from yesterday to 3.6%, meaning that 36 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on February 15.

Ontario is reporting 13 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 5 in long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 24 new daily deaths over the past week.

Hospitalizations have increased by 3 from yesterday to 742, but more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data for today’s report, so the actual number of hospitalizations may be higher. The number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs has decreased by 1 to 292 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators has increased by 2 to 201.

A total of 27,005 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation increasing by 4,222 to 15,024.

A total of 480,377 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 5,053 from yesterday, with 186,934 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, representing 1.27% of Ontario’s population.

There are 23 new cases in Ontario schools, a decrease of 8 from February 12, including 22 student cases and 1 staff case. There are 24 new cases in licensed child care settings in Ontario, an increase of 8 from February 12, with 9 cases among children and 15 cases among staff.

In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 25 new cases to report, including 9 in Peterborough, 8 in Kawartha Lakes, 7 in Northumberland, and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward.

An outbreak at an unidentified child care centre in Peterborough County was declared on February 16.

There are 2 new COVID-related deaths in Northumberland, with 1 new hospitalization in Northumberland and 1 new hospitalization in Kawartha Lakes.

An additional 30 cases have been resolved, including 19 in Kawartha Lakes, 10 in Northumberland, and 2 in Hastings Prince Edward. Outbreaks at Hyland Crest long-term care home in Minden and Extendicare Cobourg Landmark retirement home have been declared resolved.

There are currently 91 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 9 from February 14, including 31 in Peterborough, 28 in Kawartha Lakes, 20 in Northumberland, 11 in Hastings Prince Edward (1 in Quinte West, 3 in Belleville, 2 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 2 in Prince Edward County, 2 in Tyendinga Mohawk Territory, 1 in Central Hastings), and 1 in Haliburton.

Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 588 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (548 resolved with 9 deaths), 515 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (449 resolved with 51 deaths), 412 in Northumberland County (381 resolved with 11 deaths), 51 in Haliburton County (50 resolved with no deaths), and 387 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (371 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent two deaths were reported in Northumberland on February 16.

The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 12 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. There may be discrepancies between the Ontario data reported today (which is from yesterday) and the local health unit data reported today (which is from today).

Peterborough Public Health

Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.

The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 588 (increase of 9)
Active cases: 31 (increase of 9)
Close contacts: 205 (increase of 23)
Deaths: 9 (no change)
Resolved: 548 (no change)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 24 (no change)*
Total tests completed: Over 42,500 (no change)
Outbreaks: Peterborough Retirement Residence, unidentified child care centre in Peterborough County (increase of 1)**
Vaccine doses administered: 976 (as of February 12)

*As of February 16, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 3 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change) and 17 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (no change).

**An outbreak at an unidentified child care centre in Peterborough County was declared on February 16.

Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit

The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.

The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding Sundays and statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 978, including 515 in Kawartha Lakes, 412 in Northumberland, and 51 in Haliburton (increase of 15, including 8 in Kawartha Lakes and 7 in Northumberland)*
Active cases: 49, including 28 in Kawartha Lakes, 20 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (net decrease of 16)
Probable cases: 5, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes and 3 in Northumberland (increase of 2, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland)
High-risk contacts: 284, including 138 in Kawartha Lakes, 114 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (net increase of 30)**
Hospitalizations (total to date): 39, including 26 in Kawartha Lakes, 11 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (increase of 2, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland)***
Deaths (including among probable cases): 62, including 51 in Kawartha Lakes and 11 in Northumberland (increase of 2 in Northumberland)
Resolved: 880, including 449 in Kawartha Lakes, 381 in Northumberland, 50 in Haliburton (increase of 29, including 19 in Kawartha Lakes and 10 in Northumberland)
Tests completed: 135,146 (increase of 1,647)
Institutional outbreaks: Caressant Care McLaughlin Road long-term care home in Lindsay, Regency long-term care home in Port Hope, Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Extendicare Cobourg long-term care home, Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon, Cobourg Police (decrease of 2)****

*The health unit states that total counts and counts for individual counties may fluctuate from previously reported counts as cases are transferred to or from the health unit based on case investigation details and routine data cleaning.

**This total includes an additional 30 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.

***As of February 16, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 2 patients are hospitalized with COVID-19 (an increase of 1).

****Outbreaks at Hyland Crest long-term care home in Minden and Extendicare Cobourg Landmark retirement home have been declared resolved.

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.

The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 387 (increase of 1)
Active cases: 11 (decrease of 1)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 0 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change)
Resolved: 371 (increase of 2)
Tests completed: 55,355 (increase of 259)
Vaccines administered: 1,483 (increase of 104)
Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)

Province of Ontario

February 15

Confirmed positive: 287,736 (increase of 904)*
7-day average of daily new cases: 1,035 (decrease of 16)
Resolved: 269,413 (increase of 1,012, 93.6% of all cases)
Positivity rate: 3.6% (increase of 0.3%)
Hospitalizations: 742 (increase of 3)**
Hospitalizations in ICU: 292 (decrease of 1)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 201 (increase of 2)
Deaths: 6,719 (increase of 13)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 24 (decrease of 3)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,803 (increase of 5)
Total tests completed: 10,433,272 (increase of 27,005)
Tests under investigation: 15,024 (increase of 4,222)
Vaccination doses administered: 480,377 (increase of 5,053)
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 186,934 (1.27% of Ontario’s population)
Total COVID-19 variant cases: 309 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 7); 9 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (increase of 2); 1 of P.1 Brazilian variant (no change)

*As part of continued data quality checks and remediation activities following Toronto Public Health’s migration to to the province’s Case and Contact Management System, case counts may fluctuate.

**More than 10% of hospitals did not submit data for today’s report, so the actual number of hospitalizations may be higher.

February 14

Confirmed positive: 286,832 (increase of 964)*
7-day average of daily new cases: 1,051 (decrease of 43)
Resolved: 268,401 (increase of 1,273, 93.6% of all cases)
Positivity rate: 3.3% (increase of 0.7%)
Hospitalizations: 739 (increase of 24)**
Hospitalizations in ICU: 293 (increase of 1)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 199 (decrease of 4)
Deaths: 6,706 (increase of 13)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 24 (decrease of 3)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,798 (increase of 1)
Total tests completed: 10,406,267 (increase of 30,355)
Tests under investigation: 10,802 (decrease of 5,145)
Vaccination doses administered: 475,324 (increase of 7,698)
People fully vaccinated (two doses): Not available
Total COVID-19 variant cases: 302 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (decrease of 1); 7 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (increase of 1); 1 of P.1 Brazilian variant (no change)

*As part of continued data quality checks and remediation activities following Toronto Public Health’s migration to to the province’s Case and Contact Management System, case counts may fluctuate.

**More than 10% of hospitals did not submit data for today’s report, so the actual number of hospitalizations may be higher.

For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.