Public Health Ontario reported 513 new COVID cases and zero deaths in today's update (Aug. 12).
This is the highest number of cases reported in a day for Ontario since June 13.
The report includes 256 new recoveries.
There have been 11 new hospitalizations and four admissions to intensive care units since yesterday's report.
The August 12 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:
- 2,868 active, lab-confirmed cases, up from 2,611 yesterday.
- 116 COVID-positive people are currently hospitalized in Ontario.
- There are 83 COVID-positive people in intensive care units, another 30 patients in the ICU because of COVID no longer test positive.
- 53 COVID-positive are on ventilators, and another 23 patients ventilated because of COVID no longer test positive.
- The province reported 22,896 tests were processed yesterday, resulting in a 2.1 per cent positivity rate.
- There are 9,372 tests still awaiting processing, and the provincial labs have processed 16.7 million tests to date.
- Of the new cases reported today, 105 are from Toronto, 64 cases are from Peel, 25 are from Simcoe-Muskoka, six are from Grey-Bruce, and 70 are from York Region.
- Today's cases include 68 individuals under 12 years old, 35 youth between 12 and 19 years old, 257 people between 20 and 39 years old, 101 people between 40 and 59 years old, 48 people between 60 and 79 years old, and four people over 79 years old.
Vaccination status
The vaccination breakdown for new cases is as follows:
- New cases* include 360 unvaccinated, 56 partially vaccinated, and 88 fully vaccinated.
- Hospitalized (non-ICU) cases include 44 unvaccinated, seven partially vaccinated, and 10 fully vaccinated.
- ICU cases include 44 unvaccinated, five partially vaccinated, and two fully vaccinated.
- 63.6 per cent of the total population of Ontario has received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
*Vaccination status numbers may not match the daily COVID case reports because of missing health card information. The province has stated its vaccination status reporting should improve over time.
Today's vaccination rate update includes:
- 49,167 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 administered yesterday.
- 20,047,911 doses of vaccine have been administered.
- In total, 9,456,663 people have been fully vaccinated.
Total case counts and rates
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 553,962 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 541,682 recoveries and 9,412 deaths.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 3,759.7 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.
Ontario's average weekly incidence rate is 14.3 cases per 100,000 people, which is up by 52.8 per cent from last week.
Northern Ontario
In Northern Ontario, the breakdown of Public Health Ontario data is:
- Algoma Public Health: 408 cases, weekly rate of 1.7 cases per 100,000 people. There are two known active cases.
- North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit: 656 cases, weekly rate of 1.5 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 658 cases. There are three known active cases.
- Porcupine Health Unit: 2,151 cases, weekly rate of 4.7 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 2,153 cases. There are four known active cases.
- Public Health Sudbury and Districts: 2,186 cases, weekly rate of 9.7 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 2,206 cases. There are 19 known active cases.
- Timiskaming Health Unit: 209 cases, weekly rate of 3 cases per 100,000 people. There is one known active case.
- Northwestern Health Unit: 1,108 cases, weekly rate of 3.7 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 1,103 cases. There are two known active cases.
- Thunder Bay District Health Unit: 3,350 cases, weekly rate of 2.5 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 3,348 cases. There are five known active cases.
The data from Northern Ontario health units is based on what was available at 10:30 a.m. today.