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Ontario reports 164 new COVID cases Tuesday, with data catch-up

Toronto Health Unit added 80 cases from 2020 that were previously unreported
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Public Health Ontario has reported 164 new COVID-19 cases in its latest report (July 6). It also updated the count to include 80 cases from 2020 not previously reported. 

The 80 cases from 2020 came from a data review and cleaning initiative at Toronto Public Health. 

Today's update notes 319 new recoveries and nine deaths.

The deaths include one person between 20 and 39 years old, two people between 40 and 59 years old, four people between 60 and 79 years old, and two people over the age of 79. 

The July 6 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:

  • 1,883 active, lab-confirmed cases, down from 1,967 yesterday.
  • 202 COVID-positive people are currently hospitalized in Ontario.
  • There are 226 patients in intensive care units with COVID-related illness (of those, 58 no longer test positive for COVID-19).
  • 161 people are on ventilators due to COVID-related illness (of those, 37 no longer test positive for COVID-19).
  • The province reported 28,755 tests were processed yesterday, resulting in a 1.1 per cent positivity rate. 
  • There are 11,518 tests still awaiting processing, and the provincial labs have processed 16 million tests to date.
  • Of the new cases reported today, 25 are from Waterloo, 112 are from Toronto (including the 80 cases from 2020), 26 cases are from Peel, two are from Simcoe-Muskoka, and 13 are from York Region.
  • Today's cases include 38 individuals aged 19 and under, 75 people between 20 and 39 years old, 71 people between 40 and 59 years old, 37 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 23 people aged 80 and over.

Vaccines

  • There were 215,719 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 administered yesterday.
  • 15,921,585 doses of vaccine have been administered.
  • In total, 5,883,641 people have been fully vaccinated.

Public Health Ontario has confirmed 546,217 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 535,110 recoveries and 9,224 deaths.

The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 3,674.7 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.

Ontario's average weekly incidence rate is 10.2 cases per 100,000 people, which is down by 19.7 per cent from the prior seven-day period. 

Northern Ontario

In Northern Ontario, the breakdown of Public Health Ontario data is:

  • Algoma Public Health: 400 cases, weekly rate of 0 cases per 100,000 people. There are no known active cases.
  • North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit: 608 cases, weekly rate of 23.1 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 610  cases. There are 29 known active cases. 
  • Porcupine Health Unit: 2,083 cases, weekly rate of 49.1 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 2,087. There are 58 known active cases.
  • Public Health Sudbury and Districts: 2,150 cases, weekly rate of 2.5 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 2,171 cases. There are seven 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: 1,093 cases, weekly rate of 5.7 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 1,091. There are five known active cases.
  • Thunder Bay District Health Unit: 3,338 cases, weekly rate of 1.3 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 3,340. There are three known active cases. 

The data from Northern Ontario health units is based on what was available at 10:30 a.m. today.


Erika Engel

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