Ontario has reported 391 new cases of COVID-19 in its daily update this morning.
The new cases represent an increase of 1.8 per cent in the total number of cases in the province.
Public Health Ontario also reported 33 more deaths today and 379 recoveries.
The deaths reported today include 15 people between the ages of 60 and 79, and 18 people over the age of 80.
There are 975 people hospitalized in Ontario with COVID-19, including 180 people in intensive care and 135 patients on ventilators.
There have been 3,799 COVID-19 cases confirmed in health care workers in the province (17 per cent of the total cases).
Today’s update states there were 17,768 tests processed in a single day with a backlog of 10,565 tests awaiting results.
The province has now completed 528,609 tests and reported 22,313 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 this year. Of the total cases in Ontario, 17,020 have recovered (76.3 per cent) and 1,858 people have died (8.3 per cent).
Ontario’s Ministry of Long-Term Care reports there are 186 outbreaks in long-term care homes, 2,490 confirmed cases in residents of those homes, and 1,637 confirmed cases in staff. The ministry has reported 1,360 deaths of residents in long-term care homes as a result of the virus, as well as five staff. Public Health Ontario has reported 835 of those deaths.
Public Health Ontario is also reporting there are 77 hospitals in outbreak and 113 retirement homes.
Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has confirmed 406 cases of COVID-19 in the Simcoe-Muskoka region, including 263 recoveries and 32 deaths. There are nine residents from the region hospitalized. Public Health Ontario is reporting there are 414 cases in the Simcoe-Muskoka region.
The breakdown of cases in each municipality, according to the health unit, is as follows:
Barrie (137 cases, 77 recoveries, 10 deaths, 1 in hospital), Bradford West Gwillimbury (88 cases, 62 recoveries, 12 deaths, 2 in hospital), New Tecumseth (33 cases, 21 recoveries, 2 in hospital, one death), Orillia (16 cases, 12 recoveries, 2 deaths), Collingwood (15 cases, 9 recoveries, 1 in hospital), Innisfil (29 cases, 19 recoveries), Springwater (8 cases, 5 recoveries, 1 death), Midland (6 cases, all recovered), Wasaga Beach (11 cases, 7 recoveries, 1 death), Oro-Medonte (5 cases, 2 recoveries, 2 deaths, 1 in hospital), Adjala-Tosorontio (7 cases, all recovered), Clearview (7 cases, 5 recoveries, one death), Essa (8 cases, 7 recoveries, 1 death), Ramara (5 cases, 2 recoveries), Tiny (3 cases, 2 recoveries), Tay (3 cases, 1 in hospital), Penetanguishene (3 cases, 2 recoveries), and Severn (3 cases, 1 recovered) for a total of 387 cases in Simcoe County, including 247 recoveries and eight hospitalizations.
There are also 19 confirmed positive cases in Muskoka, and 16 have recovered, one person from Muskoka Lakes has died.
The case rate (including lab-confirmed cases only) for Simcoe-Muskoka region is 69 cases per 100,000 population. The provincial average is 150.1 cases per 100,000 population.
