Public Health Ontario reported 139 new COVID cases in today's update (Aug. 4).
The report includes 155 new recoveries and 11 deaths. Seven of the deaths reported today were from 2020 and were previously unreported.
The deaths reported today include one person between 20 and 39 years old, six people between 60 and 79 years old, and four people over 79 years old.
Since yesterday's report, 12 people have been hospitalized with COVID-19 and one person was admitted to an intensive care unit.
The August 4 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:
- 1,690 active, lab-confirmed cases, down from 1,717 yesterday.
- 112 COVID-positive people are currently hospitalized in Ontario.
- There are 108 patients in intensive care units with COVID-related illness (of those, 30 no longer test positive for COVID-19).
- 57 people are on ventilators due to COVID-related illness (of those, 19 no longer test positive for COVID-19).
- The province reported 17,115 tests were processed yesterday, resulting in a 1.2 per cent positivity rate.
- There are 8,788 tests still awaiting processing, and the provincial labs have processed 16.6 million tests to date.
- Of the new cases reported today, 19 are from Waterloo, 26 are from Toronto, 18 cases are from Peel, three are from Simcoe-Muskoka, four are from Grey-Bruce, and 15 are from York Region.
- Today's cases include 48 individuals aged 19 and under, 54 people between 20 and 39 years old, 25 people between 40 and 59 years old, and 12 people between 60 and 79 years old.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 551,125 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 540,075 recoveries and 9,360 deaths.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 3,740.5 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.
Ontario's average weekly incidence rate is 9.2 cases per 100,000 people, which is up by 21.1 per cent from last week.
Vaccines
- There were 60,094 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 administered yesterday.
- 19,652,011 doses of vaccine have been administered.
- In total, 9,143,402 people have been fully vaccinated.
Northern Ontario
In Northern Ontario, the breakdown of Public Health Ontario data is:
- Algoma Public Health: 406 cases, weekly rate of 0 cases per 100,000 people. There is one known active case.
- North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit: 653 cases, weekly rate of 3.1 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 655 cases. There are five known active cases.
- Porcupine Health Unit: 2,147 cases, weekly rate of 9.4 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 2,149 cases. There are 16 known active cases.
- Public Health Sudbury and Districts: 2,163 cases, weekly rate of 1.5 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 2,184 cases. There are five known active cases.
- Timiskaming Health Unit: 208 cases, weekly rate of 0 cases per 100,000 people. There are no known active cases.
- Northwestern Health Unit: 1,101 cases, weekly rate of 0 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 1,100. There is one known active case.
- Thunder Bay District Health Unit: 3,345 cases, weekly rate of 1.3 cases per 100,000 people. There are two known active cases.
The data from Northern Ontario health units is based on what was available at 10:30 a.m. today.
