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Province reports 185 new COVID-19 cases today

There are two known active cases in Northern Ontario
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Public Health Ontario has confirmed 185 new cases of COVID-19 today, down from 190 on Monday.

No new deaths were reported today or Monday. There have been 2,813 deaths in total.

The regions with the biggest spike in numbers today are Toronto Public Health, where 48 new cases were confirmed, Peel Public Health with 42 new cases, and Ottawa Public Health with 37 cases.

To date, Public Health Ontario has confirmed 43,536 cases of COVID-19 and reported 39,196 recoveries. 

There are now 1,527 active cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, including 54 patients hospitalized with the coronavirus. There are 17 COVID-19 patients in intensive care and seven patients on ventilators.

The province has confirmed Ontario labs have processed another 20,929 COVID-19 tests, down from 23,725 on Monday.

There are confirmed outbreaks at 19 long-term care homes in the province, unchanged from Monday. There are 19 confirmed cases among residents and 40 among staff.

In Northern Ontario there are two known active cases.

The breakdown for the health units is:

• Algoma Public Health - 29 cases, rate of 25.3 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 - 74, rate of 88.7 per 100,000 population. There is one known active case.

• Public Health Sudbury and Districts - 94 cases, rate of 47.2 per 100,000 population. There are no known active cases.

• 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. There are no 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 292.9.


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Nathan Taylor is the desk editor for Village Media's central Ontario news desk in Simcoe County and Newmarket.
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