Public Health Ontario reported 781 new COVID cases today for Aug. 26.
The latest update noted 625 recoveries and 17 deaths, but 14 of those deaths occurred more than two months ago.
The Aug. 27 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:
- Of the new cases reported today, 485 were unvaccinated people, 83 were partially vaccinated, 147 were fully vaccinated, and 66 are listed as vaccination status unknown (missing health card information).
- 5,444 active, lab-confirmed cases, up from 5,305 yesterday.
- 306 COVID-positive people are currently hospitalized in Ontario.
- Hospitalized cases (excluding ICU) include 140 unvaccinated people, 16 partially vaccinated, and 27 full vaccinated.
- There are 128 COVID-positive patients in intensive care, plus another 30 patients who no longer test positive for COVID-19.
- 67 COVID patients are on ventilators and another 20 patients on ventilators no longer test positive for COVID-19.
- ICU and ventilated cases include 90 unvaccinated people, six partially vaccinated, and nine fully vaccinated.
- 9,867,920 Ontarians (about 66 per cent of the total population) have been fully vaccinated and another 905,760 have a single dose of COVID vaccine.
- The province reported 30,063 tests were processed yesterday, resulting in a three per cent positivity rate. Provincial labs have processed 17.1 million tests to date.
- Of the new cases reported today 185 are from Toronto, 96 are from Peel, 33 are from Simcoe-Muskoka, and 93 are from York Region.
- Today's cases include 110 individuals under 12 years old, 101 youth between 12 and 19 years old, 340 people between 20 and 39 years old, 165 people between 40 and 59 years old, 54 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 13 people over 79 years old.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 562,756 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 547,823 recoveries and 9,489 deaths.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 3,819.4 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.
Ontario's average weekly incidence rate last week was 28.8 cases per 100,000 people, which is up by 21 per cent from the week of Aug. 11.
For more on the province's breakdown of vaccination status, click here.
Simcoe-Muskoka
Yesterday, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported 30 new COVID cases.
There are 173 active cases in the region, and nine people are hospitalized.
Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 12,728 cases of COVID-19 with 12,299 of those cases recovered and 256 cases ending in death.
Last week, the case incidence rate in Simcoe-Muskoka was 23.5 cases per 100,000 people over seven days, which is up by 24.3 per cent compared to the week of Aug. 11.
