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Ontario confirms 1,487 new COVID cases today

The province has reported 10 deaths and 992 recoveries today
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Public Health Ontario has reported 1,487 new cases of COVID-19 today as well as 10 deaths and 992 recoveries. 

The deaths reported today include one person between 40 and 59 years old, three people between 60 and 79 years old and six people over the age of 80. Four of the people who died were residents in long-term care homes.

There were 58 people hospitalized with the coronavirus since yesterday's report and nine COVID-19 patients have been admitted to intensive care units. 

Of today's 1,487 new cases, 392 are from Peel Region, 508 are from Toronto, and 170 are from York Region. 

According to Public Health Ontario, there are approximately 40 case records from Toronto Public Health from Nov. 14 that are still unreported due to a technical error, which has impacted the daily counts. 

Today, 974 cases included in the report are individuals between 20 and 59 years old. There are also 62 new cases confirmed in long-term care facility residents. 

There were 106 school-related cases reported since Friday. Ther have now been 3,387 school-related cases reported with 1,143 of those reported in the last 14 days. 

Since yesterday's report, provincial labs have processed 33,351 COVID-19 tests, and is reporting a 4.1 per cent of people who were tested for COVID, tested positive. 

Of the 12,830 active, lab-confirmed cases of COVID in Ontario currently, 500 people are hospitalized, which is up from 479 yesterday. There are 125 COVID patients in intensive care units, up from 118 yesterday) and 70 COVID patients on ventilators (up from 67 yesterday). 

To date, the province has confirmed 95,496 cases of COVID-19 and has reported 79,295 recoveries and 3,371 deaths. 

The average incidence rate of COVID-19 in Ontario is 642.4 cases per 100,000 people. 

In the local region, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported a total of 1,634 cases of COVID-19, with 1,551 of those in Simcoe County. There are 1,410 cases listed as recovered in the region. Eight people are currently hospitalized, and of those seven are Simcoe County residents. The health unit has recorded 50 deaths.

The incidence rate for Simcoe County is 294 cases per 100,000 people.

Case breakdown from Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit by municipality for Simcoe County as of Nov. 13. The health unit does not provide local updates on weekends and is scheduled to report new cases this afternoon.

Municipality Total cases** Recoveries Deaths In Hospital Last case reported Incidence rate*
Barrie  488 431 14   Nov. 13 327
Bradford W-G  286 237 12 1 Nov. 13 666
New Tecumseth  282 238 12 1 Nov. 13 681
Innisfil 142 126 1 1 Nov. 13 349
Orillia 30 26 3 1 Nov. 12 90
Collingwood 21 20     Nov. 12 88
Wasaga Beach 32 30 1   Nov. 9 139
Clearview 31 25 1   Nov. 10 210
Springwater 22 21 1   Oct. 27 105
Midland 15 14   1 Nov. 9 84
Oro-Medonte 21 18 2   Oct. 29 90
Adjala-Tosorontio 27 25     Nov. 13 232
Essa 71 46 1 1 Nov. 13 297
Ramara 15 15     Nov. 6 173
Tiny 15 13     Nov. 13 115
Tay 23 15   1 Nov. 9 208
Penetanguishene 18 16 1   Nov. 3 175
Severn 10 9     Nov. 12 60
Georgian Bay 8 8     Oct. 22 not released

 *Incidence rate is number of cases per 100,000 people in the local population.

**Total cases includes the number of cases currently recovering at home as well as any that have recovered, died, or are in hospital


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Erika Engel

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Erika regularly covers all things news in Collingwood as a reporter and editor. She has 15 years of experience as a local journalist
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