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Ontario confirms 119 new COVID-19 cases today

Windsor-Essex County reported 40 new cases
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Public Health Ontario has confirmed 119 new, lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 today. 

Nearly 74 per cent of the cases announced today came from three health units. Windsor-Essex County Health Unit reported 40 new cases, Toronto Public Health reported 20, and Ottawa Public Health reported 28. 

Ninety of today's cases are individuals between 20 and 59 years old. 

The province also reported one more death today – an individual between the ages of 40 and 59. 

Ontario has reported 38,799 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Of those, 34,461 (88.8 per cent) are now listed as recovered, and 2,764 have ended in death. 

There are 1,574 active, lab-confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Ontario currently, with at least 82 hospitalizations. Today's epidemiological report notes 34 of Ontario's hospitals didn't report their COVID-19 patient counts over the weekend, so the number of hospitalizations will likely jump tomorrow once all hospitals report. 

Since last report, Public Health Ontario confirmed there were 24,664 more coronavirus tests processed. The province's labs have processed results for more than two million tests to date.

Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported 647 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the region to date, with 616 of those reported in Simcoe County. 

Thirty-six people have died in Simcoe County and Muskoka and the health unit has reported 573 recoveries. The incidence rate for Simcoe-Muskoka region is 108.5 cases per 100,000 people in the population. 

There are 37 active cases of COVID-19 in Simcoe County including four people hospitalized, according to the health unit's July 24 epidemiological report. There is one active, hospitalized case in Muskoka District.

Case breakdown by municipality for Simcoe County as of July 24

Municipality  Total cases   Recoveries   Deaths   In Hospital   Last case reported   Incidence rate* 
Barrie 200 170 14   July 23 134
Bradford W-G 125 112 12   July 23 290.9
New Tecumseth 81 78 1 1 July 20 195.5
Innisfil 53 49   1 July 23 130.1
Orillia 18 15 2   July 22 53.8
Collingwood 16 15     July 20 66.7
Wasaga Beach 15 14 1   June 19 65.2
Clearview 8 7 1   June 15 not released
Springwater 15 14 1   July 20 71.4
Midland 12 7   1 July 24 66.9
Oro-Medonte 8 5 2   July 17 not released
Adjala-Tosorontio 9 9     June 16 77.2
Essa 18 15 1   July 23 66.9
Ramara 10 10     June 23 96.3
Tiny 6 5     July 16 not released
Tay 9 8     July 23 not released
Penetanguishene 7 6   1 July 23 not released
Severn 5 5     July 24 not released

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


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