Public Health Ontario reported 57 new COVID cases today, and has also removed 24 previously-reported cases from the cumulative case count.
According to a Tweet by Ontario's health minister, Christine Elliott, a "routine data cleanup" revealed some cases had been double reported and that resulted in Toronto Public Health reporting a negative case report of -21 cases today. Three more health units reported -1 case.
Although there were 57 more positive results reported by the province's regional health units, the 24 cases removed brought the net case increase down to 33.
There were no new deaths reported today.
Windsor-Essex County reported the highest case increase with 10 new cases included in today's epidemiology summary. Peel and Ottawa both reported seven new cases and Southwestern (Oxford, Elgin, St. Thomas) reported eight new cases.
Based on the information included in the provincial summary, there are 952 active cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, including 60 individuals who are hospitalized with the coronavirus. There are 21 COVID patients in intensive care units and 12 patients on ventilators.
To date, Public Health Ontario has reported 40,194 cases of COVID-19, with 36,456 of those cases (90.7 per cent) now listed as recovered, and 2,786 cases (6.9 per cent) ending in death.
Since yesterday's report, the province reported 21,581 more COVID tests have been completed.
As of yesterday, Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported 667 cases of COVID-19 to date, with 636 of those cases located in Simcoe County.
There are 618 cases now recovered and 37 people have died in the region. The health unit indicates there are 12 active cases in the region – all in Simcoe County. There is one person from New Tecumseth still in hospital recovering from COVID.
The 12 active cases include residents from Barrie (5), Bradford (1), New Tecumseth (3), Innisfil (1), Essa (1), and Ramara (1).
In Simcoe-Muskoka, the incidence rate for the coronavirus is 112.2 cases per 100,000 people in the population.
| Municipality | Total cases | Recoveries | Deaths | In Hospital | Last case reported | Incidence rate* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrie | 201 | 182 | 14 | Aug. 10 | 134.6 | |
| Bradford W-G | 134 | 121 | 12 | Aug. 4 | 311.9 | |
| New Tecumseth | 84 | 80 | 1 | 1 | Aug. 10 | 202.7 |
| Innisfil | 53 | 52 | July 23 | 132.5 | ||
| Orillia | 19 | 17 | 2 | July 30 | 53.8 | |
| 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 | 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 number of cases per 100,000 people in the local population.
