Ontario reported 477 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in today’s update, which is slightly higher than 421 recoveries reported today.
The province’s update also states there have been 63 more deaths linked to the coronavirus.
Among the new deaths reported today are two people between the ages of 40 and 59, 17 people between the ages of 60 and 79, and 44 people over the age of 80.
Of the province’s total cumulative cases (19,598), there have been 13,990 recoveries (71.4 per cent) and 1,540 deaths (7.9 per cent) reported.
There are 1,028 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, and 213 of those are in intensive care units. There are 166 people on ventilators.
About 57 per cent of the province’s cases have been female and 42 per cent have been males.
The total number of tests completed to date is 397,149, and there were 16,295 tests processed in the province on Wednesday. There are 14,641 tests awaiting results.
The Ministry of Long-Term Care is reporting 175 outbreaks at long-term care facilities including 2,782 confirmed cases in residents, 1,707 confirmed cases in staff, and 1,150 resident deaths linked to the coronavirus.
There have been a total of 3,230 cases confirmed in health care workers, according to Public Health Ontario, which is about 16.5 per cent of the total cases confirmed in Ontario. There is no data on what percentage of those health care workers caught the virus at work.
There have now been 353 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the Simcoe-Muskoka region, including 178 recoveries and 25 deaths. There are 13 people hospitalized.
The breakdown of cases in each municipality is as follows:
Barrie (117 cases, 56 recoveries, 7 deaths, 1 in hospital), Bradford West Gwillimbury (79 cases, 29 recoveries, 10 deaths, 3 in hospital), New Tecumseth (23 cases, 17 recoveries, 2 in hospital), Orillia (15 cases, 10 recoveries, 2 deaths), Collingwood (11 cases, 7 recoveries, 2 in hospital), Innisfil (28 cases, 12 recoveries, 1 in hospital), Springwater (6 cases, 4 recoveries, 1 death), Midland (6 cases, 5 recoveries), Wasaga Beach (11 cases, 5 recoveries, 1 in hospital, 1 death), Oro-Medonte (5 cases, 2 recoveries, 2 deaths, 1 in hospital), Adjala-Tosorontio (7 cases, 5 recoveries), Clearview (6 cases, 2 recoveries, 1 in hospital), Essa (7 cases, 3 recoveries, 1 death), Ramara (4 cases, 2 recoveries), Tiny (2 cases, all recovered), Tay (2 cases), Penetanguishene (2 cases, all recovered), and Severn (3 cases) for a total of 334 cases in Simcoe County, including 163 recoveries.
There are also 18 confirmed positive cases in Muskoka, and 15 have recovered, one person from Muskoka Lakes has died.
The case rate (including lab-confirmed cases only) for Simcoe-Muskoka region is 59 cases per 100,000 population. The provincial average is 131.8 cases per 100,000 population.
