Public Health Ontario is reporting 413 new cases of COVID-19 today, which is a 1.7 per cent increase in the total number of cases confirmed in the province.
The provincial agency indicated there are another 310 people considered recovered from COVID-19, and 31 more people have died.
Among the latest victims of the coronavirus are 11 people between the ages of 60 and 79, and 20 people over the age of 80.
The province has reported 24,187 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. There are now 18,509 reported recoveries (76.5 per cent) and 1,993 reported deaths from the coronavirus (8.2 per cent).
Public Health Ontario reports there have been 1,242 deaths of residents living in long-term care homes, which is 62 per cent of the total number of deaths reported. The province has also reported four deaths of long-term care staff as a result of COVID-19.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the province has confirmed 4,656 cases of COVID-19 in long-term care residents and 1,601 in health care staff who work at a facility that was or is experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak.
The Ministry of Long-Term Care, however, reports more deaths of residents and staff than the province’s public health agency. The ministry gets reports directly from long-term care homes in the province, and Public Health Ontario receives information from regional health units.
According to the daily report by the ministry, there are 175 active outbreaks in long-term care homes, with 2,458 confirmed active cases of COVID-19 in residents, and 1,564 active cases in staff. The ministry has reported 1,452 residents and six staff have died from the coronavirus.
Public Health Ontario is also reporting ongoing outbreaks at 77 retirement homes and 53 hospitals.
Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has confirmed a total of 436 cases in residents of the region since the pandemic began. Of those, 309 have recovered and 36 people have died.
Of the total cases in the region, 24 per cent are associated with a local institutional outbreak, including staff and residents.
The breakdown of cases in each municipality, according to the health unit is as follows:
Barrie (145 cases, 91 recoveries, 14 deaths, 1 in hospital), Bradford West Gwillimbury (90 cases, 68 recoveries, 12 deaths, 1 in hospital), New Tecumseth (44 cases, 27 recoveries, 2 in hospital, one death), Orillia (16 cases, 13 recoveries, 2 deaths), Collingwood (16 cases, 11 recoveries), Wasaga Beach (13 cases, 10 recoveries, 1 death), Clearview (7 cases, 6 recoveries, one death), Innisfil (30 cases, 26 recoveries), Springwater (8 cases, 5 recoveries, 1 death), Midland (6 cases, all recovered), Oro-Medonte (5 cases, 2 recoveries, 2 deaths, 1 in hospital), Adjala-Tosorontio (7 cases, all recovered), Essa (10 cases, 7 recoveries, 1 death), Ramara (5 cases, 3 recoveries), Tiny (3 cases, 2 recoveries), Tay (5 cases, 2 recoveries, 1 in hospital), Penetanguishene (3 cases, 2 recoveries), and Severn (3 cases, all recovered) for a total of 417 cases in Simcoe County, including 292 recoveries and eight hospitalizations.
There are also 19 confirmed positive cases in Muskoka, and 17 have recovered, one person from Muskoka Lakes has died.
The case rate (including lab-confirmed cases only) for Simcoe-Muskoka region is 72.9 cases per 100,000 population. The provincial average is 162.7 cases per 100,000 population.
