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Ontario reports 2,359 new COVID cases today

Active cases have decreased to 24,545 province-wide
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Public Health Ontario has reported 2,359 new cases of COVID-19 today.

The province is also reporting 52 deaths in its latest update, including 25 people who were residents at long-term care homes.

The deaths reported today include one person between 20 and 39 years old, one person between 40 and 59 years old, 12 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 38 people over the age of 80. 

Ontario reports 172 new COVID-related hospitalizations and 14 new admissions to intensive care. 

The Jan. 23 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:

  • 3,025 new recoveries
  • 24,545 active cases, which is down from 25,263 yesterday
  • 1,501 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario, down from 1,512 reported yesterday. 
  • There are 395 COVID patients in intensive care units (up from 383 yesterday) and 299 COVID patients on ventilators (up from 291 yesterday).
  • The province reported 63,453 tests were processed yesterday resulting in a 4.5 per cent positivity rate. 
  • There is a backlog of 37,847 tests. To date, 9,260,044 tests have been completed.
  • Of the 2,359 cases reported today, 708 are from Toronto, 422 are from Peel, 220 are from York Region, and 87 are from Simcoe-Muskoka
  • There are 242 active outbreaks at long-term care homes, 157 at retirement homes and 102 at hospitals. 
  • Of the cases reported today there are 305 people under 19 years old, 870 people between 20 and 39 years old, 633 people between 40 and 59 years old, 393 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 157 people over the age of 80. 

 Vaccine update for Jan. 23: 

  • There were 11,161 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 administered on Jan. 22, down from 11,168 on Jan. 21.
  • As of 8 p.m. on Jan. 22, the province reports 276,146 doses of vaccine against COVID-19 have been administered.
  • There are 57,907 total vaccinations completed (both doses). The vaccines approved for use require two doses a few weeks apart.

Public Health Ontario has confirmed 252,585 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 222,287 recoveries and 5,753 deaths, of which 3,375 were individuals living in long-term care homes.

The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 1,699.3 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario. 

The weekly incidence rate in Ontario is 127.3 cases per 100,000 people from Jan. 13 to Jan. 19, which is a decrease of 20.7 per cent compared to Jan. 7 to Jan. 13 when the average weekly incidence rate was 160.6 cases per 100,000 people.

On Friday, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported 112 new cases of COVID-19 in the region.

Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 5,052 cases of COVID-19 with 3,756 of those cases recovered and 108 cases ending in death. There are 1,159 active, lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the region, with the majority of those in Simcoe County. 

There is also evidence of a COVID-19 variant strain being the cause of a deadly and fast-spreading outbreak at Roberta Place long-term care home in Barrie.

There are 37 people from Simcoe County hospitalized with COVID-19

There have been 14,583 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 administered in Simcoe Muskoka to health care workers in local hospitals, long-term care and retirement homes, as well as to all eligible long-term care home residents. No doses were administered yesterday. 

The health unit reports 927 individuals from the region have received both doses of the vaccine.

Due to a shortage in vaccine supply, the health unit is reorganizing its vaccine rollout with a priority on getting at least one dose to retirement home residents, all eligible long-term care residents have received their first dose. It's unclear if the health unit will be able to provide a second dose within the 21-day time frame to all those who received their first dose of the vaccine.

Like the provincial rate, the region's weekly incidence rate is decreasing, though at a slower pace.

In Simcoe-Muskoka the weekly incidence rate was 76.9 cases per 100,000 people for the week of Jan. 13 to Jan. 19, which is a decrease of 3.5 per cent compared to the week of Jan. 7 to Jan. 13 when the rate was 79.7 cases per 100,000 people.

The next health unit update will be posted Monday. 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.


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