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746 new COVID cases today and 806 yesterday, reports province

The province has now confirmed more than 60,000 cases of COVID in Ontario to-date, and close to 6,000 active cases
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Public Health Ontario has confirmed 1,553 new cases of COVID-19 since Sunday. The province posted two reports today since it didn't provide an update yesterday. 

There were 807 new cases confirmed on Monday and 746 new cases confirmed today. 

The province has confirmed 12 more COVID-related deaths since Sunday, with nine reported today. The deaths reported in the last two days include four people between 60 and 79 years old and eight people over the age of 80. Seven long-term care residents are among the 12 deaths reported since Sunday.

Of the 1,553 new cases from the last two days, Toronto Public Health reported 614 cases (303 and 311 cases), Ottawa Public Health reported 235 cases (119 and 116 cases), and Peel Public Health reported 294 cases (159 and 135 cases).

In a breakdown by age, Public Health Ontario reports 56 per cent of the 1,553 new cases are individuals under the age of 40 and 15 per cent of the new cases are over the age of 60.

There were another 67,706 COVID tests processed since Sunday (36,473 and 31,233 for Oct. 11 and 12 respectively), and there are at least 24,420 tests awaiting results. 

To date, the province's public health agency has confirmed 60,692 cases off COVID-19 and reported 51,729 recoveries and 3,017 deaths. Since Sunday, the province has recorded 1,292 recoveries.

There are 5,946 active, lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, including 230 people who are hospitalized with the coronavirus. There are 60 COVID patients in intensive care units and 34 COVID patients on ventilators. 

 

The province has reported 72 more school-related cases today, including 49 student cases. There have been 948 school-related cases reported since the beginning of September, and they are spread across 436 schools in Ontario.

The breakdown for the Northern Ontario health units is:

  • Algoma Public Health: 39 cases, rate of 34.1 per 100,000 population.There are five known active cases. 
  • North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit: 39 cases, rate of 30.1 per 100,000 population. The health unit has reported 41 cases. There is one known active case. 
  • Porcupine Health Unit: 87, rate of 104.3 per 100,000 population. There are two known active cases. 
  • Public Health Sudbury and Districts: 110 cases, rate of 55.3 per 100,000 population. There are two known active cases. 
  • Timiskaming Health Unit: 19 cases, rate of 58.1 per 100,000. The health unit has reported 17 cases. There are no known active cases. 
  • Northwestern Health Unit: 68 cases, rate of 77.6 per 100,000. There are 13 known active cases.
  • Thunder Bay District Health Unit: 109 cases, rate of 72.7 per 100,000. There is one known active case. 

The Ontario rate of infection is 408.3.




Erika Engel

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