It was another record-setting day for the number of COVID-19 cases being reported in the province, with Ontario Public Health announcing 1,581 new cases on Saturday.
That ushers in the seventh record set in November for daily case counts, narrowly eclipsing Thursday's mark of 1,575.
Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said this morning that the highest number of cases today are coming out of Peel Region (497), Toronto (456), York Region (130), and Ottawa (77).
Twenty more people have died with the virus since the last provincial report on Friday, bringing the death toll in Ontario to 3,332.
There have now been 92,761 cases of the virus in Ontario since the pandemic began in March. Of those, 77,241 people have recovered, including 1,003 since yesterday's provincial report.
There are 12,188 active cases in the province.
More than 44,800 tests were also completed in the previous 24 hours, but there are still 38,767 cases that remain under investigation.
According to the province, there are 502 people hospitalized with the virus, including 107 in intensive care and 66 patients on ventilators.
The breakdown of Public Health Ontario data for the rate of cases for Northern Ontario health units is:
- Algoma Public Health: 57 cases. There are 12 known active cases.
- North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit: 56 cases. There are four known active cases.
- Porcupine Health Unit: 102 cases. There are four known active cases.
- Public Health Sudbury and Districts: 204 cases. There are 66 known active cases. The last cases were reported Nov. 13.
- Timiskaming Health Unit: 17 cases. There are no known active cases. The last case was reported Oct. 5.
- Northwestern Health Unit: 85 cases. There are seven known active cases.
- Thunder Bay District Health Unit: 148 cases.There are 29 known active cases.
