Public Health Ontario reported 485 new COVID cases in today's update (Aug. 18).
Today's update noted 345 recoveries and three deaths.
The deaths reported today include one person between 60 and 79 years old, and two people over 79 years old.
The August 18 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:
- 4,067 active, lab-confirmed cases, up from 3,930 yesterday.
- 174 COVID-positive people are currently hospitalized in Ontario.
- ICU case data was not available from the province today.
- 9,641,986 Ontarians have been fully vaccinated
- The province reported 26,307 tests were processed yesterday, resulting in a 2.5 per cent positivity rate.
- There are 11,474 tests still awaiting processing, and the provincial labs have processed 16.8 million tests to date.
- Of the new cases reported today, 108 are from Toronto, 59 cases are from Peel, 17 are from Simcoe-Muskoka, two are from Grey-Bruce, and 22 are from York Region.
- Today's cases include 66 individuals under 12 years old, 48 youth between 12 and 19 years old, 238 people between 20 and 39 years old, 99 people between 40 and 59 years old, 27 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 10 people over 79 years old.
*The vaccination status breakdown for the Aug. 18 report was not available at the time of publishing. This article will be updated when the information becomes available.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 556,920 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 543,422 recoveries and 9,431 deaths.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 3,779.8 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.
Ontario's average weekly incidence rate is 21.5 cases per 100,000 people, which is up by 50.3 per cent from the week of Aug. 2.
For more on the province's breakdown of vaccination status, click here.
Northern Ontario
In Northern Ontario, the breakdown of Public Health Ontario data is:
- Algoma Public Health: 410 cases, weekly rate of 1.7 cases per 100,000 people. There are four known active cases.
- North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit: 659 cases, weekly rate of 3.1 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 661 cases. There is one known active case.
- Porcupine Health Unit: 2,153 cases, weekly rate of 1.2 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 2,155 cases. There are four known active cases.
- Public Health Sudbury and Districts: 2,209 cases, weekly rate of 8.8 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 2,227 cases. There are 22 known active cases.
- Timiskaming Health Unit: 209 cases, weekly rate of 0 cases per 100,000 people. There are no known active cases.
- Northwestern Health Unit: 1,113 cases, weekly rate of 11.1 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 1,111 cases. There are seven known active cases.
- Thunder Bay District Health Unit: 3,352 cases, weekly rate of 1.3 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 3,353 cases. There are five known active cases.
The data from Northern Ontario health units is based on what was available at 10:30 a.m. today.
