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Ontario reports 269 new COVID cases Tuesday

The latest updates noted 427 recoveries and five new deaths
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Public Health Ontario reported 269 new COVID cases today. 

The latest updates noted 427 recoveries and five new deaths. There was one more death that occurred more than a month ago also added to the cumulative total today, for an increase of six deaths in the latest report.

The Oct. 26 updates provided by the province's public health agency and the ministry of health also reported the following data:

  • 3,051 active, lab-confirmed cases, down from 3,258 yesterday. 
  • 233 people are hospitalized with COVID-19.
  • There are 107 COVID-positive patients in the ICU plus another 31 patients no longer testing positive for COVID-19.
  • There are 64 COVID-positive patients on ventilators and another 24 patients on ventilators no longer testing positive for COVID. 
  • 10,949,674 Ontarians (about 74 per cent of the total population) have been fully vaccinated. 88 per cent of eligible Ontarians have at least one dose of vaccine.
  • Vaccination status of new cases and hospitalized patients was not updated at publication time.
  • The seven-day average incidence rate by vaccination status is six cases per 100,000 unvaccinated people, 2.5 cases per 100,000 partially vaccinated people, and 1.1 cases per 100,000 fully vaccinated people.
  • The province reported 21,827 tests were processed yesterday, resulting in a 1.5 per cent positivity rate.
  • Of the new cases reported today, 39 are from Toronto, 36 are from Peel, 12 are from Simcoe-Muskoka, and 13 are from York Region.
  • Today's new cases include 59 individuals under 12 years old, 17 youth between 12 and 19 years old, 77 people between 20 and 39 years old, 76 people between 40 and 59 years old, 36 people between 60 and 79 years old, and five people over 79 years old.

Public Health Ontario has confirmed 598,110 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 585,207 recoveries and 9,852 deaths.

Since the start of the pandemic, 30,486 people have been hospitalized with COVID and 5,970 of them were in intensive care units.

The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 4,059.4 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.

Ontario's average weekly incidence rate last week was 18.2 cases per 100,000 people, which is down by 7.6 per cent compared to the week of Oct. 10.

For more on the province's breakdown of vaccination status, click here.

Simcoe-Muskoka 

Yesterday, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported 43 new COVID cases.

There are currently 168 active cases in the region. 

Eight people from Simcoe County are hospitalized with COVID-19.

Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 13,915 cases of COVID-19 with 13,484 of those cases recovered and 263 cases ending in death. 

The region's weekly incidence rate is 19 cases per 100,000 for the week beginning Oct. 16, which is up by 5.6 per cent with the week beginning Oct. 10.


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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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