For the second day in a row, and the third day this week, Ontario has reported 111 new COVID-19 cases.
It's the same number of new cases reported on July 14 and 16.
Today's testing numbers are the highest of the three days with 31,163 tests completed since the last Public Health Ontario report.
Of the 111 new cases reported today, 53 people are between the ages of 20 and 39 and 35 people are between the ages of 40 and 59.
Toronto Public Health reported 38 new cases today, and Windsor-Essex County reported 21 new cases. Durham region reported 11 cases and the remaining health units in the province reported between zero and nine new cases today.
There were nine new deaths confirmed in Ontario today, including five people between 60 and 79 and four people over the age of 80. One of the deaths reported today was an individual living at a long-term care home.
Public Health Ontario has reported 37,274 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 since January, and has indicated 89 per cent of those cases (33,162) are now recovered. The province has reported 2,746 deaths (7.4 per cent of all cases), and of those 1,732 have been residents in long-term care homes.
There are now 1,366 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 108 people are hospitalized with the virus. There are 30 patients in intensive care and 21 patients on ventilators in hospitals in Ontario.
In Northeastern Ontario there are three known active cases.
The breakdown for the health units is:
• Algoma Public Health - 26 cases, rate of 22.7 per 100,000 population. There is one known active case.
• 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 - 69, rate of 82.7 per 100,000 population. There are two known active cases.
• Public Health Sudbury and Districts - 68 cases, rate of 34.2 per 100,000 population. The health unit has reported 67 cases. There are no known active cases.
• Timiskaming Health Unit - 18 cases, rate of 55.1 per 100,000. The last positive tests were done April 28. All of the cases are resolved.
The Ontario rate of infection per 100,000 population is 250.8.
