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Ontario confirms 102 new COVID cases today

Based on the information contained in today's provincial summary, there are 965 active, lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, which is up from 951 active cases yesterday.
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Public Health Ontario confirmed 102 new cases of COVID-19 in today's update, as well as one more death related to the coronavirus. 

The province reported a person between the ages of 60 and 79 years old has died with COVID-19. 

Based on a breakdown of cases reported by each health unit, there were actually 107 new COVID cases included in today's epidemiological update, but Waterloo's health unit removed a previously reported case and Chatham-Kent removed four previously-reported cases. Public Health Ontario subtracted those four cases from the total number of new cases reported today, leaving 102 new cases. 

Of the 102 reported today, 86 of the new cases have come from four of Ontario's 34 health units. Toronto reported the highest number of new cases (33), Peel and Ottawa reported 18 new cases each, and Huron Perth reported 17 new cases. The remaining 30 health units reported between -4 and +5 new cases. 

Numbers included in today's Ontario update were gathered from data reported by the health units as of 4:30 p.m. yesterday. 

The province reported there were 25,642 tests completed over the 24 hours preceding today's update, an there are another 15,490 tests awaiting results. 

To-date, Public Health Ontario has confirmed 40,972 cases of the coronavirus, and reported 37,215 recoveries (90.8 per cent) and 2,792 deaths (6.8 per cent). 

Based on the information contained in today's provincial summary, there are 965 active, lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, which is up from 951 active cases yesterday.

Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported 672 cases of COVID-19 to date, with 640 of those cases located in Simcoe County.

There are 625 cases now recovered and 37 people have died in the region. 

There are still 10 active cases in the county including residents from Barrie (4), New Tecumseth (1), Innisfil (3), Essa (1), and Ramara (1). There is one active case in Muskoka. One person from New Tecumseth and one person from Ramara is hospitalized with COVID-19.

In Simcoe-Muskoka, the incidence rate for the coronavirus is 113 cases per 100,000 people in the population. 

Case breakdown by municipality for Simcoe County as of Aug. 18.

Municipality Total cases** Recoveries Deaths In Hospital Last case reported Incidence rate*
Barrie 202 184 14   Aug. 18 135.3
Bradford W-G 134 122 12   Aug. 4 311.9
New Tecumseth 84 82 1 1 Aug. 10 202.7
Innisfil 55 52     Aug. 17 135
Orillia 19 17 2   July 30 56.8
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 12     July 24 66.9
Oro-Medonte 9 7 2   Aug. 4 38.6
Adjala-Tosorontio 9 9     June 16 77.2
Essa 19 17 1   Aug. 17 79.4
Ramara 12 11   1 Aug. 5 115.6
Tiny 6 6     July 16 not released
Tay 9 9     July 23 not released
Penetanguishene 8 7 1   July 23 not released
Severn 7 7     July 27 not released

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

** Total cases includes the number of cases currently recovering at home as well as any that have recovered, died, or are in hospital. 


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