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Back to triple digits, as province confirms 106 new COVID cases

There was one additional death in the past 24 hours; There remain 39 people hospitalized across the province as a result of COVID-19, officials say
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The number of new, confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario is back to triple digits.

Public Health Ontario is reporting this morning that 106 new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in Ontario over the past 24 hours. On Friday, the province confirmed 92 new cases of COVID-19 in Ontario.

There was one more death reported as well, bringing the total number of deaths across the province to 2,789 since the pandemic began.

According to the statistics released today, Peel Region reported 23 new cases, there were 20 new cases in Chatham-Kent, Toronto Public Health reported 16 new cases, while Ottawa had 12 new cases.

However, 27 of the 34 public health units in Ontario had five or fewer new confirmed cases, while 18 health units report no new cases at all over the past 24 hours.

Of today's 106 new cases, 39 are individuals between the ages of 20 and 39, 30 are between 40 and 59, 25 are 19 and under, 14 are between 60 and 79, while there are none over the age of 80. 

There have been a total of 40,565 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario reported to date. Of those, 36,873 have been resolved.

Across Ontario, more than 30,400 people were tested for COVID-19 yesterday. That brings the total number of tests conducted in the province to 2,558,839.

As of today, there are just 39 patients in Ontario who are hospitalized as a result of COVID-19. Among them, 17 are in intensive care units, while 10 are currently needing a ventilator to breathe.

As of yesterday, Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported 670 cases of COVID-19 to date, with 638 of those cases located in Simcoe County.

There are 622 cases now recovered and 37 people have died in the region. 

There are still 11 active cases in the county including residents from Barrie (4), Orillia (1), New Tecumseth (2), Innisfil (2), Essa (1), and Ramara (1). There is one active case in Muskoka. One person from New Tecumseth is hospitalized with COVID-19.

In Simcoe-Muskoka, the incidence rate for the coronavirus is 112.7 cases per 100,000 people in the population. 

Case breakdown by municipality for Simcoe County as of Aug. 14.

Municipality Total cases** Recoveries Deaths In Hospital Last case reported Incidence rate*
Barrie 201 183 14   Aug. 10 134.6
Bradford W-G 134 122 12   Aug. 4 311.9
New Tecumseth 84 81 1 1 Aug. 10 202.7
Innisfil 54 52     Aug. 13 132.5
Orillia 20 17 2   Aug. 12 59.8
Collingwood 16 16     July 20 66.7
Wasaga Beach 15 14 1   June 19 65.2
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 18 16 1   Aug. 6 75.3
Ramara 12 11   1 Aug. 5 115.6
Tiny 6 6     July 16 not released
Tay 9 9     July 23 not released
Penetanguishene 8 7 1   July 23 not released
Severn 7 7     July 27 not released

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

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