Ontario reports 510 new COVID cases Friday

Today's update noted 264 recoveries and four deaths, two of which occurred more than two months ago but were not previously reported

Public Health Ontario reported 510 new COVID cases in today's update (Aug. 13).

This is the second consecutive report of more than 500 cases in a day, numbers not seen since mid-June in Ontario.

Today's update noted 264 recoveries and four deaths, two of which occurred more than two months ago but were not previously reported.

The deaths include two people between 60 and 79 years old, and two people over 79 years old.

There have been 18 new hospitalizations and nine admissions to intensive care units since yesterday's report.

The August 13 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:

3,110 active, lab-confirmed cases, up from 2,868 yesterday.
123 COVID-positive people are currently hospitalized in Ontario.
There are 82 COVID-positive people in intensive care units, another 29 patients in the ICU because of COVID no longer test positive.
49 COVID-positive are on ventilators, and another 23 patients ventilated because of COVID no longer test positive.
The province reported 23,586 tests were processed yesterday, resulting in a two per cent positivity rate.
There are 9,807 tests still awaiting processing, and the provincial labs have processed 16.8 million tests to date.
Of the new cases reported today, 129 are from Toronto, 61 cases are from Peel, 21 are from Simcoe-Muskoka, three are from Grey-Bruce, and 33 are from York Region.
Today's cases include 58 individuals under 12 years old, 48 youth between 12 and 19 years old, 265 people between 20 and 39 years old, 101 people between 40 and 59 years old, 31 people between 60 and 79 years old, and four people over 79 years old.

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

Algoma Public Health: 408 cases, weekly rate of 1.7 cases per 100,000 people. There are two known active cases.
North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit: 659 cases, weekly rate of 1.5 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 661 cases. There are six known active cases.
Porcupine Health Unit: 2,151 cases, weekly rate of 4.7 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 2,153 cases. There are four known active cases.
Public Health Sudbury and Districts: 2,190 cases, weekly rate of 9.7 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 2,211 cases. There are 25 known active cases.
Timiskaming Health Unit: 209 cases, weekly rate of 3 cases per 100,000 people. There is one known active case.
Northwestern Health Unit: 1,108 cases, weekly rate of 3.7 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 1,106 cases. There are four known active cases.
Thunder Bay District Health Unit: 3,352 cases, weekly rate of 2.5 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 3,351 cases. There are six known active cases.

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

The vaccination breakdown for new cases is as follows:

New cases include 368 unvaccinated, 57 partially vaccinated, and 85 fully vaccinated.
Hospitalized (non-ICU) cases include 64 unvaccinated, six partially vaccinated, and nine fully vaccinated.
ICU cases include 52 unvaccinated, five partially vaccinated, and three fully vaccinated.

Today's vaccination rate update includes:

48,692 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 administered yesterday.
20,096,593 doses of vaccine have been administered.
In total, 9,493,726 people have been fully vaccinated.
63.6 per cent of the total population of Ontario has received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.