New COVID-19 cases in Ontario continue to rise by about two per cent per day.
Today, the provincial report indicates there have been 387 more cases confirmed through testing in Ontario, and another 61 deaths reported by regional health units.
According to the daily epidemiological study released by the province, there have been two more deaths in people aged 40 to 59, 11 deaths in people aged 60 to 69, and 48 deaths in people aged 80 and over.
The data lists fewer recoveries than yesterday with 274 added today compared to 500 yesterday.
Testing is also down with 10,654 tests completed on Sunday compared to 14,555 listed in yesterday’s report and 17,146 included in Sunday’s report. There are now 6,023 tests awaiting results at Ontario labs.
In total, the province has completed 352,714 tests since January 15.
From those test results, Ontario has confirmed 18,310 cases of COVID-19, and of those 1,361 have died and 12,779 have recovered.
There are now 1,043 people hospitalized (59 more than yesterday’s report), and of those 223 are in intensive care units. There are 166 COVID-19 patients on ventilators in the province (nine fewer than yesterday).
The Ministry of Long-Term Care has now reported 1,003 deaths of long-term care residents. The ministry notes there are 175 outbreaks in long-term care homes across the province, and there have been 2,740 cases of the virus in residents of those homes and 1,613 in staff.
Public Health Ontario has recorded 218 outbreaks at long-term care homes accounting for 2,707 confirmed cases in residents and 1,340 in staff. The agency states there have been 697 deaths in long-term care residents.
The numbers reported by public health typically lag behind those reported by the Ministry of Long-Term Care.
Public Health Ontario also reports there are now 66 hospital outbreaks accounting for 245 patient cases and 268 staff cases.
In Ontario, 2,892 health care workers have tested positive for COVID-19, which is about 15.8 per cent of the total lab-confirmed cases. Health care workers have had priority testing for much of the pandemic, and the province has not reported how many of those cases were transmitted at their workplace.
There have been 318 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the Simcoe-Muskoka region, which includes 166 recoveries. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported 20 deaths related to COVID-19, nine of which were residents at Bradford Valley Community Care. There are eight people hospitalized in the region with COVID-19.
There are six active outbreaks in Simcoe County, including Bradford Valley Care Community (11 staff cases, 25 resident cases, nine deaths), at Owen Hill Care Community in Barrie (14 resident cases, eight staff cases), Woods Park Care Centre in Barrie (two staff cases), Whispering Pines Retirement Residence in Barrie (one staff and one resident case), Allandale Station Retirement Residence in Barrie (one resident case), and Bayview Retirement Home in Waubaushene (one resident and one staff case).
Outbreaks previously identified at Spencer House in Orillia and at IOOF in Barrie have been declared over. At each facility a single staff member tested positive but there were no further cases found through testing.
The case rate (including lab-confirmed cases only) for Simcoe-Muskoka region is 53 cases per 100,000 population. The provincial average is 123.2 cases per 100,000 population.
