Public Health Ontario has reported 1,958 new cases of COVID-19 today.
One year ago today, the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Ontario in a patient at Toronto's Sunnybrook hospital. The patient had returned from a trip to Wuhan, China.
The province is also reporting 43 deaths in its latest update, including 27 people who were residents at long-term care homes.
The deaths reported today include one person between 40 and 59 years old, 17 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 25 people over the age of 80.
Ontario reports 79 new COVID-related hospitalizations and eight new admissions to intensive care.
The Jan. 25 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:
- 2,448 new recoveries
- 23,620 active cases, which is down from 24,153 yesterday
- 1,398 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario, down from 1,436 reported yesterday. The province's report notes that on weekends, at least 10 per cent of Ontario hospitals do not report to the daily bed census, so the hospitalizations could be underreported.
- There are 397 COVID patients in intensive care units (up from 392 yesterday) and 283 COVID patients on ventilators (down from 301 yesterday).
- The province reported 35,968 tests were processed yesterday resulting in a 5.5 per cent positivity rate.
- There is a backlog of 14,991 tests. To date, 9,344,959 tests have been completed.
- Of the 1,958 cases reported today, 727 are from Toronto, 365 are from Peel, 157 are from York Region, and 41 are from Simcoe-Muskoka
- There are 244 active outbreaks at long-term care homes, 160 at retirement homes and 99 at hospitals.
- Of the cases reported today there are 240 people under 19 years old, 696 people between 20 and 39 years old, 604 people between 40 and 59 years old, 304 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 114 people over the age of 80.
Vaccine update for Jan. 25:
- There were 5,537 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 administered on Jan. 24, up from 4,427 on Jan. 23.
- As of 8 p.m. on Jan. 24, the province reports 286,110 doses of vaccine against COVID-19 have been administered.
- There are 71,256 total vaccinations completed (both doses). The vaccines approved for use require two doses a few weeks apart.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 256,960 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 227,494 recoveries and 5,846 deaths, of which 3,427 were individuals living in long-term care homes.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 1,728.7 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.
The weekly incidence rate in Ontario is 119.3 cases per 100,000 people from Jan. 15 to Jan. 21, which is a decrease of 19.7 per cent compared to Jan. 9 to Jan. 15 when the average weekly incidence rate was 148.6 cases per 100,000 people.
On Friday, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported 112 new cases of COVID-19 in the region.
Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 5,052 cases of COVID-19 with 3,756 of those cases recovered and 108 cases ending in death. There are 1,159 active, lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the region, with the majority of those in Simcoe County.
There are 37 people from Simcoe County hospitalized with COVID-19
There have been 14,583 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 administered in Simcoe Muskoka to health care workers in local hospitals, long-term care and retirement homes, as well as to all eligible long-term care home residents. No doses were administered yesterday.
The health unit reports 927 individuals from the region have received both doses of the vaccine.
Due to a shortage in vaccine supply, the health unit is reorganizing its vaccine rollout with a priority on getting at least one dose to retirement home residents, all eligible long-term care residents have received their first dose. It's unclear if the health unit will be able to provide a second dose within the 21-day time frame to all those who received their first dose of the vaccine.
Like the provincial rate, the region's weekly incidence rate is decreasing, though at a slower pace.
In Simcoe-Muskoka the weekly incidence rate was 78.9 cases per 100,000 people for the week of Jan. 15 to Jan. 21, which is a decrease of 3.7 per cent compared to the week of Jan. 9 to Jan. 15 when the rate was 81.9 cases per 100,000 people.
The next health unit update will be posted Monday. For the latest breakdown of cases in the Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit, click here.
The Ontario government has declared a state of emergency, the second since the start of the pandemic, and a stay at-home order is in effect until at least Feb. 11, 2021. There are additional measures in place for the shutdown, all of which can be found in this provincial breakdown.
