Public Health Ontario has reported 3,270 new cases of COVID-19 today.**
The province reported 29 deaths in today's update. Of those, 14 were residents of long-term care homes. Two of the deaths reported today were individuals between 40 and 59 years old, 12 were between 60 and 79 years old, and 15 were over the age of 80.
Since yesterday, 70 people have been hospitalized with COVID-19, and 15 COVID patients have been admitted to intensive care units.
Today's two updates provided by the province's public health agency today also reported the following:
- 2,074 new recoveries
- 1,190 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario, up from 998 reported yesterday. The province notes more than 10 per cent of hospitals do not submit bed census data on weekends, so the number of COVID patients hospitalized could be underreported.
- There are 333 COVID patients in intensive care units (up from 329 on yesterday) and 194 COVID patients on ventilators (down from 228 yesterday)
- 24,778 current active cases in Ontario, which is up from 23,611 reported yesterday
- The province reported 39,121 tests processed yesterday resulting in a 9.7 per cent positivity rate, which is tied for the highest rate on record (the same rate was reported Dec. 29). The province's goal is three per cent.
- Of the 3,270 cases reported today, 917 are from Toronto, 581 are from Peel, 389 are from York Region, and 54 are from Simcoe-Muskoka.
- Based on case data reported today, the new cases include 380 people under 20, 1,238 people between 20 and 39 years old, 979 people between 40 and 59 years old, 495 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 177 people over the age of 80.
- There were 4,808 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 administered yesterday. There have been 42,419 doses of the vaccines administered to date. The vaccine approved for use requires two doses given 21 days apart.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 194,232 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 164,775 recoveries and 4,679 deaths, of which 2,843 were individuals living in long-term care homes
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 1,306.7 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario. The weekly incidence rate in Ontario is 124.1 cases per 100,000 people from Dec. 25 to Dec. 31, which is up by 17.9 per cent compared to Dec. 19-25 when the average weekly incidence rate was 105.3 cases per 100,000 people.
n Northern Ontario, the breakdown of Public Health Ontario data is:
- Algoma Public Health: 81 cases, rate of 70.8 per 100,000 people. There are 20 known active cases, including one person who is a non-Algoma resident temporarily in the region.
- North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit: 138 cases, rate of 106.4 per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 142 cases. There are 19 known active cases.
- Porcupine Health Unit: 132, rate of 158.2 per 100,000 people. The health unit has also reported one probable case. There are six known active cases.
- Public Health Sudbury and Districts: 285 cases, rate of 143.2 per 100,000 people. There are 20 known active cases.
- Timiskaming Health Unit: 79 cases, rate of 241.7 per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 80 cases. There are 25 known active cases.
- Northwestern Health Unit: 177 cases, rate of 201.9 per 100,000 people. The health unit has also reported four probable cases. There are 19 known active cases.
- Thunder Bay District Health Unit: 599 cases, rate of 399.4 per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 606 cases. There are 63 known active cases.
The Ontario government has implemented a province-wide shutdown. Details on the shutdown are available on the province's website here.
**This is the correct version of the story. Yesterday's COVID-19 update was accidentally shared today for a few minutes before the error was corrected.
