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Province reports 116 new COVID cases in Ontario today

Another person has died from the virus since the last provincial update
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Public Health Ontario is reporting 116 new cases of COVID-19 in the province today. 

That is down slightly from Saturday's numbers when there were 124 new cases and Friday's number which sat at 134. 

One more person has also died from the virus since the last provincial update. 

Health officials also say there have now been 2,778 deaths from the virus, including 1,797 residents of long-term care homes, which is unchanged since yesterday. Eight health-care workers in long-term care facilities have also died from the coronavirus since the pandemic began.

With today's announcement, there are 39,449 cases in Ontario, as well as 35,359 recoveries, including 122 since the last update. 

Across Ontario, health officials say more than 2.2 million have been tested for the disease, including 30,443 on Saturday. There are 17,839 cases currently under investigation in the province. 

Seventy-two people are hospitalized due to COVID-19, which is down by one since yesterday, and 26 patients are in intensive care, which is also one less than was indicated in Saturday's report. Fourteen people are on a ventilator, which has gone up by two since the last report.

Locally, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported 657 cases of COVID-19 to date, with 626 of those cases located in Simcoe County.

There are 600 cases now recovered and 36 people have died in the region. The health unit indicates there are 21 active cases in the region – all in Simcoe County – and four of those cases are hospitalized.

In Simcoe-Muskoka, the incidence rate for the coronavirus is 110.6 cases per 100,000 people in the population.

Case breakdown by municipality for Simcoe County as of July 31

Municipality Total cases Recoveries Deaths In Hospital Last case reported Incidence rate*
Barrie 198 181 14   July 23 132.6
Bradford W-G 133 113 12   July 31 309.5
New Tecumseth 83 79 1 1 July 29 200.3
Innisfil 53 51   1 July 23 130.1
Orillia 19 16 2 1 July 30 53.8
Collingwood 16 16     July 20 66.7
Wasaga Beach 15 14 1   June 19 65.2
Clearview 9 8 1   July 27 60.9
Springwater 15 14 1   July 20 71.4
Midland 12 11     July 24 66.9
Oro-Medonte 8 6 2   July 17 not released
Adjala-Tosorontio 9 9     June 16 77.2
Essa 17 16 1   July 22 66.9
Ramara 10 10     June 23 96.3
Tiny 6 6     July 16 not released
Tay 9 9     July 23 not released
Penetanguishene 7 6   1 July 23 not released
Severn 7 5     July 27 not released

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


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Raymond Bowe

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Raymond is an award-winning journalist who has been reporting from Simcoe County since 2000
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