Public Health Ontario reported 639 new COVID cases today for Aug. 23.
The latest update noted 541 recoveries and 18 deaths, but 16 of the deaths occurred more than two months ago but were not previously reported.
The Aug. 24 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:
- Of the new cases reported today, 279 were unvaccinated people, 41 were partially vaccinated, 114 were fully vaccinated, and 52 are listed as vaccination status unknown.
- 5,053 active, lab-confirmed cases, down from 5,126 yesterday.
- 295 COVID-positive people are currently hospitalized in Ontario.
- Hospitalized cases (excluding ICU) include 116 unvaccinated people, 13 partially vaccinated, and 27 full vaccinated.
- There are 125 COVID-positive patients in intensive care, plus another 31 patients who no longer test positive for COVID-19.
- 69 COVID patients are on ventilators and another 16 patients on ventilators no longer test positive for COVID-19.
- ICU and ventilated cases include 67 unvaccinated people, 10 partially vaccinated, and seven fully vaccinated.
- 9,793,814 Ontarians (about 66 per cent of total population) have been fully vaccinated and another 938,591 have a single dose of COVID vaccine.
- The province reported 17,369 tests were processed yesterday, resulting in a three per cent positivity rate. Provincial labs have processed 17 million tests to date.
- Of the new cases reported today 129 are from Toronto, 82 are from Peel, 16 are from Simcoe-Muskoka, two are from Grey-Bruce, and 45 are from York Region.
- Today's cases include 51 individuals under 12 years old, 70 youth between 12 and 19 years old, 229 people between 20 and 39 years old, 93 people between 40 and 59 years old, 33 people between 60 and 79 years old, and eight people over 79 years old.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 560,637 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 546,113 recoveries and 9,471 deaths.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 3,805.1 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.
Ontario's average weekly incidence rate last week was 26.9 cases per 100,000 people, which is up by 25.1 per cent from the week of Aug. 8.
For more on the province's breakdown of vaccination status, click here.
Simcoe-Muskoka
Yesterday, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported 61 new COVID cases since Friday.
There are 183 active cases in the region, and two people hospitalized.
Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 12,664 cases of COVID-19 with 12,225 of those cases recovered and 256 cases ending in death.
Last week, the case incidence rate in Simcoe-Muskoka was 20 cases per 100,000 people over seven days, which is up by 14.3 per cent compared to the week of Aug. 8
