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Province reports 185 new COVID-19 cases today

No new deaths reported today or Monday
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Public Health Ontario has confirmed 185 new cases of COVID-19 today, down from 190 on Monday.

No new deaths were reported today or Monday. There have been 2,813 deaths in total.

To date, Public Health Ontario has confirmed 43,536 cases of COVID-19 and reported 39,196 recoveries. 

There are now 1,527 active cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, including 54 patients hospitalized with the coronavirus. There are 17 COVID-19 patients in intensive care and seven patients on ventilators.

The province has confirmed Ontario labs have processed another 20,929 COVID-19 tests, down from 23,725 on Monday.

There are confirmed outbreaks at 19 long-term care homes in the province, unchanged from Monday. There are 19 confirmed cases among residents and 40 among staff.

As of Friday, Sept. 4, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported a total of 716 coronavirus cases in the region, with 680 of the cases in Simcoe County. Of those, 650 cases are now listed as recovered and 37 people have died.

There are 26 cases of COVID-19 in Simcoe County not reported recovered, including 18 in Barrie, three in Bradford, two in New Tecumseth, one in Innisfil, one in Ramara, and one in Essa. There are three active cases currently in Muskoka District.

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit will be providing its latest update this afternoon.

Case breakdown by municipality for Simcoe County as of Sept. 4

Municipality Total cases** Recoveries Deaths In Hospital Last case reported Incidence rate*
Barrie 228 203 14 2 Sept. 1 152.7
Bradford W-G 138 124 12   Sept. 3 321.2
New Tecumseth 88 84 1   Sept. 4 212.4
Innisfil 55 54     Aug. 21 137.4
Orillia 19 17 2   July 30 56.8
Collingwood 17 17     Aug. 20 70.9
Wasaga Beach 17 16 1   Aug. 26 73.9
Clearview 9 8 1   July 27 60.9
Springwater 15 14 1   July 20 71.4
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 12 12     Sept. 3 125.2
Tiny 7 7     Aug. 28 not released
Tay 9 9     July 23 not released
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.


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Nathan Taylor is the desk editor for Village Media's central Ontario news desk in Simcoe County and Newmarket.
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