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Recovered COVID-19 patients in Ontario now total more than 12,000, with more than 600 new recoveries logged today.
Public Health Ontario (PHO) is reporting 434 new lab-confirmed cases of the coronavirus today, 615 recoveries, and 40 deaths.
Today’s report includes results from 17,146 tests completed on Friday. There are 9,785 tests still awaiting results, and the province has completed 327,505 COVID-19 tests to date.
According to the data posted by OPH there are now 1,010 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, and 232 of those people are in intensive care. There are 174 people on ventilators with COVID-19 in Ontario.
About 12 per cent of the province’s cases reported since January 15 have been hospitalized.
Of the 17,553 cases reported in Ontario since January 15, 12,005 have recovered (68.4 per cent) and 1,216 people have died (6.9 per cent).
The Ministry of Long-Term Care daily report states there are 170 outbreaks in long-term care homes, and there have been 2,719 cases confirmed in residents of long-term care facilities as well as 1,594 cases confirmed in staff. The ministry has indicated there are 954 resident deaths related to COVID-19 and one staff member has died as a result of the virus.
OPH is reporting 590 deaths in long-term care residents (of the total 1,216 deaths reported by the province). Their numbers typically lag behind those reported by the Ministry of Long-Term Care.
There are also 2,640 confirmed cases reported in health care workers, which is about 15 per cent of the total cases reported in Ontario. The province has provided priority testing for health care workers for most of the pandemic.
About 36 per cent of the province’s cases are related to community transmission, 20.7 per cent are close contact cases, and 6.9 per cent are travel related. The remaining 36 per cent lists transmission information as pending.
There have been 283 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Simcoe Muskoka including 159 recoveries, and 20 deaths.
According to the health unit website, there are now seven people hospitalized and 32 long term care residents in isolation.
There are active outbreaks at Bradford Valley Care Community, Owen Hill Care Community (Barrie), IOOF Odd Fellow and Rebekah Home (Barrie), Woods Park Care Centre (Barrie), Whispering Pines Retirement Residence (Barrie), and Bayview Retirement Home (Waubaushene).
Forty-one long-term care residents in Simcoe County have tested positive for COVID-19. Of those, nine people have died and one person has recovered.
The case breakdown by municipality/city is as follows:
Bradford W-G (70 cases, 25 recoveries, 9 deaths, 2 in hospital), Barrie (86 cases, 48 recoveries, 3 deaths, 1 in hospital), New Tecumseth (19 cases, 16 recoveries, 1 in hospital), Orillia (13 cases, 8 recoveries, 2 deaths), Collingwood (8 cases, 7 recoveries), Innisfil (22 cases, 10 recoveries), Springwater (6 cases, 4 recoveries, 1 death), Midland (6 cases, 5 recoveries), Wasaga Beach (8 cases, 4 recoveries, 1 death), Oro-Medonte (5 cases, 2 recoveries, 2 deaths, 1 in hospital), Adjala-Tosorontio (7 cases, 4 recoveries, 1 in hospital), Clearview (3 cases, 2 recoveries, 1 in hospital), Essa (6 cases, 3 recoveries, 1 death), Ramara (2 cases, 2 recoveries), Tiny (2 cases, all recovered), Penetanguishene (2 cases, all recovered), and Severn (1 case) for a total of 266 cases in Simcoe County, including 144 recoveries.
There are also 17 confirmed positive cases in Muskoka, and 15 have recovered, one person from Muskoka Lakes has died.
The case rate (including lab-confirmed cases only) for Simcoe Muskoka region is 50.2 cases per 100,000 population. The provincial average is 118.1 cases per 100,000 population.
