Public Health Ontario has reported 1,913 new cases of COVID-19 today, which is as low as daily reports from the beginning of December.
However, today's report comes with a disclaimer stating a technical issue prevented Toronto Public Health from reporting an "undetermined number of new cases, resulting in an underestimation of the daily counts."
The province is also reporting 46 deaths today, including 20 people who were residents at long-term care homes.
The deaths reported today include 17 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 29 people over the age of 80.
Ontario reports 78 new COVID-related hospitalizations and 10 new admissions to intensive care.
The Jan. 19 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:
- 2,873 new recoveries
- 27,615 active cases, which is down from 28,621 yesterday
- 1,626 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario, up from 1,571 reported yesterday.
- There are 400 COVID patients in intensive care units (up from 394 yesterday) and 292 COVID patients on ventilators (down from 303 yesterday).
- The province reported 34,531 tests were processed yesterday resulting in a 6.8 per cent postivity rate.
- There is a backlog of 36,750 tests. To date, 9,000,278 tests have been completed.
- Of the 1,913 cases reported today, 550 are from Toronto, 347 are from Peel, 235 are from York Region, and 48 are from Simcoe Muskoka.
- There are 259 ongoing, active outbreaks at long-term care homes, 171 outbreaks at retirement homes and 88 outbreaks at hospitals in the province.
- The province's report shows the cases reported today included: 265 people under 19 years old, 701 people between 20 and 39 years old, 561 people between 40 and 59 years old, 266 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 123 people over the age of 80.
Vaccine update for Jan. 19:
- There were 14,346 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 administered on Jan. 18, up from 9,691 on Jan. 17.
- As of 8 p.m. on Jan. 18, the province reports 224,134 doses of vaccine against COVID-19 have been administered.
- There are 25,609 total vaccinations completed (both doses). The vaccines approved for use require two doses a few weeks apart.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 242,277 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 209,183 recoveries and 5,479 deaths, of which 3,232 were individuals living in long-term care homes.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 1,629.9 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario. The weekly incidence rate in Ontario is 146.5 cases per 100,000 people from Jan. 9 to Jan. 15, which is a decrease of 12.5 per cent compared to Jan. 3 to Jan. 9 when the average weekly incidence rate was 167.4 cases per 100,000 people.
On Friday, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported 170 new cases of COVID-19 in the region.
Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 4,756 cases of COVID-19 with 3,363 of those cases recovered and 90 cases ending in death. There are more than 1,200 active, lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the region, with the majority of those in Simcoe County.
There are at least 37 people from Simcoe County hospitalized.
There have been more than 13,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine administered in Simcoe Muskoka to health care workers in local hospitals, long-term care and retirement homes. More than 420 individuals have received both doses of the vaccine.
In Simcoe-Muskoka the weekly incidence rate is also on the rise with 81.9 cases per 100,000 people for the week of Jan. 9 to Jan. 15, which is a decrease of 0.8 per cent compared to the week of Jan. 3 to Jan. 9 when the rate was 82.6 cases per 100,000 people.
For the latest breakdown of cases in the Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit, click here.
The Ontario government has declared a state of emergency, the second since the start of the pandemic, and a stay at-home order is in effect until at least Feb. 11, 2021. There are additional measures in place for the shutdown, all of which can be found in this provincial breakdown.
