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Province confirms 170 new COVID-19 cases today

Majority of new cases reported in Toronto, York, Peel
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Public Health Ontario has confirmed 170 new cases of COVID-19 today, up from 149 on Wednesday.

One new death was reported today. There have been 2,814 deaths in total.

Of the new cases, 55 are reported in Toronto, 28 in York Region, 22 in Peel and 12 in Ottawa.

To date, Public Health Ontario has confirmed 43,855 cases of COVID-19 and reported 39,474 recoveries.

There are 54 patients hospitalized with the coronavirus. Fourteen are in intensive care and nine are on ventilators.

The province has confirmed Ontario labs have processed another 24,669 COVID-19 tests, up from 17,605 on Wednesday. There have been 3,213,336 tests processed in total.

There are confirmed outbreaks at 16 long-term care homes in the province. There are 36 confirmed cases among residents and 39 among staff.

As of Wednesday, Sept. 9, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported a total of 738 coronavirus cases in the region, with 699 of the cases in Simcoe County. Of those, 667 cases are listed as recovered and 37 people have died. One person in the region, from Bradford West Gwillimbury, is in hospital.

Case breakdown by municipality for Simcoe County as of Sept. 9

Municipality Total cases** Recoveries Deaths In Hospital Last case reported Incidence rate*
Barrie 237 207 14   Sept. 9 158.7
Bradford W-G 140 126 12 1 Sept. 9 328.2
New Tecumseth 89 84 1   Sept. 8 214.8
Innisfil 57 54     Sept. 9 139.9
Orillia 19 17 2   July 30 56.8
Collingwood 17 17     Aug. 20 70.9
Wasaga Beach 19 17 1   Sept. 8 82.6
Clearview 9 8 1   July 27 60.9
Springwater 16 14 1   Sept. 9 76.2
Midland 12 12     July 24 66.9
Oro-Medonte 9 7 2   Aug. 4 38.6
Adjala-Tosorontio 9 9     June 16 77.2
Essa 20 19 1   Aug. 17 79.4
Ramara 13 12     Sept. 8 125.2
Tiny 7 7     Aug. 28 not released
Tay 9 9     July 23 81.3
Penetanguishene 9 8 1   Aug. 19 92.9
Severn 7 7     July 27 not released

*Incidence rate is number of cases per 100,000 people in the local population.

**Total cases includes the number of cases currently recovering at home as well as any that have recovered, died, or are in hospital.