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Ontario confirms 112 new COVID cases today

There are currently 1,240 active, lab-confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the province
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Public Health Ontario has confirmed 112 new cases of COVID-19 in today's update and has reported one death. 

The province confirmed the death of an individual over 80 years old with COVID-19. 

Of the new cases confirmed today, 77 (68 per cent) were reported by four health units. According to a breakdown of cases provided by Public Health Ontario, Peel Public Health reported 28 new cases, Toronto reported 26 new cases, Windsor-Essex County reported 11 new cases and York Region reported 12 new cases. 

Data collected from each health unit is current as of yesterday at 4:30 p.m. 

Ontario has now confirmed 42,421 cases of COVID-19 in the province, and of those 31 per cent have been individuals between 20 and 39 years old. Public Health Ontario has also reported 38,369 recoveries, which is 90.4 per cent of all confirmed cases. There have been 2,812 deaths of individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19, which is 6.6 per cent of all lab-confirmed cases. 

There are currently 1,240 active, lab-confirmed cases in the province, including 65 patients hospitalized with the coronavirus. There are 17 patients in intensive care units and five patients on ventilators. 

The province confirmed another 23,545 tests have been processed since yesterday's report with another 15,748 COVID-19 tests awaiting results. 

Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has now reported a total of 708 coronavirus cases in the region, with 673 of the cases in Simcoe County. Of those, 638 cases are now listed as recovered and 37 people have died.

There are 30 cases of COVID in Simcoe County not reported recovered, including 23 in Barrie, three in Bradford, one in Innisfil, one in Wasaga Beach, one in Essa, and one in Tiny Township. One person is hospitalized in Barrie.

Case breakdown by municipality for Simcoe County as of Aug. 31

Municipality Total cases** Recoveries Deaths In Hospital Last case reported Incidence rate*
Barrie 225 188 14 1 Aug. 31 150.7
Bradford W-G 137 122 12   Aug. 28 321.2
New Tecumseth 85 84 1   Aug. 21 202.7
Innisfil 55 54     Aug. 21 137.4
Orillia 19 17 2   July 30 56.8
Collingwood 17 17     Aug. 20 70.9
Wasaga Beach 17 15 1   Aug. 26 73.9
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 20 18 1   Aug. 17 79.4
Ramara 12 12     Aug. 5 115.6
Tiny 7 6     Aug. 28 not released
Tay 9 9     July 23 not released
Penetanguishene 9 8 1   Aug. 19 92.9
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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