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Ontario confirms 102 new COVID cases today

There are now 1,400 active lab-confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Ontario
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Public Health Ontario has reported 102 new cases of COVID-19 today, a record low that goes back to March 25 reporting levels, when testing was much lower. 

The province noted there have been 23,769 tests processed since yesterday's report, bringing the cumulative testing total to 1.75 million. 

There were nine deaths related to the coronavirus confirmed today in Ontario, including one person between the ages of 40 and 59, four people between the ages of 60 and 79, and four people over the age of 80. 

Today's new cases are mostly individuals between 20 and 59 (68 people) and almost 50 per cent (49 cases) come from the Toronto Public Health jurisdiction. There have been 34 new cases of COVID-19 reported in health care workers today.

Public Health Ontario has reported a total of 37,052 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 to-date. Of those, 32,920 cases are reported recovered (88.8 per cent) and 2,732 people have died (7.4 per cent). 

Based on today's epidemiological report, there are now 1,400 active cases of the coronavirus in Ontario. There are 115 people hospitalized with the virus, including 31 patients in intensive care and 22 patients on ventilators. 

In Northern Ontario there are four known active cases.

The breakdown for the health units is:

• Algoma Public Health - 25 cases, rate of 21.8 per 100,000 population. There are no known active cases.

• North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit - 35 cases, rate of 27 per 100,000 population. There are no known active cases.

• Porcupine Health Unit - 68, rate of 81.5 per 100,000 population. There is one known active case. 

• Public Health Sudbury and Districts - 67 cases, rate of 33.7 per 100,000 population. There are no known active cases.

• Timiskaming Health Unit - 18 cases, rate of 55.1 per 100,000. The last positive tests were done April 28. All of the cases are resolved.

• Thunder Bay District Health Unit - 92 cases, rate of 61.3 per 100,000 population. There is one known active case.

• Northwestern Health Unit - 42 cases, rate of 47.9  per 100,000 population. There are two active cases.

The Ontario rate of infection per 100,000 population is 249.3.


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Erika Engel

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Erika regularly covers all things news in Collingwood as a reporter and editor. She has 15 years of experience as a local journalist
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