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Ontario confirms 132 new cases of COVID-19 today

There are still three known active cases in Northern Ontario
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Public Health Ontario has confirmed 132 new cases of COVID-19 today. 

For the second day in a row, there are no new COVID-related deaths reported. 

Of today's new cases, 41 are individuals between 20 and 39 years old, 42 are individuals between 40 and 59 years old, and 19 are youth aged 19 and under. The remaining cases are individuals over 60. 

Most of the cases reported today (74 per cent) are from just three health units. In today's summary, there are 45 new cases from Peel, 31 from Toronto and 22 from Ottawa. 

To date, Ontario has confirmed 42,686 cases of COVID-19, and has reported 38,635 of those cases as recovered, and 2,812 cases ending in death. 

There are currently 1,249 active, lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province, including 60 patients hospitalized with the coronavirus. There are 12 patients in intensive care with COVID-19 and nine patients on ventilators. 

Since last report, the province completed 26,298 COVID-19 tests, with 22,769 tests still awaiting results.

The average incidence rate for Ontario is 287.2 cases of COVID per 100,000 people in the population. 

In Northern Ontario there are three known active cases.

The breakdown for the health units is:

• Algoma Public Health - 28 cases, rate of 24.5 per 100,000 population. There are no known active cases.

• North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit - 35 cases, rate of 27 per 100,000 population. The health unit has reported 37 cases. There are no known active cases.

• Porcupine Health Unit - 73, rate of 87.5 per 100,000 population. There are no known active cases.

• Public Health Sudbury and Districts - 94 cases, rate of 47.2 per 100,000 population. There is one known active case.

• Timiskaming Health Unit - 19 cases, rate of 58.1 per 100,000. There are no known active cases.

• Northwestern Health Unit - 46 cases, rate of 52.5 per 100,000. The health unit has reported 47 cases. There are two known active cases.

• Thunder Bay District Health Unit - 103 cases, rate of 68.7 per 100,000.There are no known active cases.

The Ontario rate of infection per 100,000 population is 287.2.


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