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Ontario reports 896 new COVID cases today

Public health also confirms nine new deaths
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Public Health Ontario has reported 896 new cases of COVID-19 today as well as nine deaths and 796 recoveries. 

The new deaths reported today include one person between 60 and 79 years old and eight people over the age of 80. Three of the people who died were residents at long-term care facilities. 

According to the province's public health agency, 22 people have been hospitalized for COVID-19 since yesterday's report and three COVID patients have been admitted to intensive care units. 

Since last Friday (Oct. 23) the province has confirmed 6,362 new cases of COVID-19.

Of the 896 new cases reported today, 304 are individuals between 20 and 39 years old, and 239 are individuals between 40 and 59 years old. 

There are 89 new cases reported in school-age children, including 26 who are between four and eight years old, 35 who are between nine and 13 years old, and 28 who are between 14 and 17 years old. 

Ontario's four hotspot regions reported 77 per cent of all the new cases confirmed today with 314 cases from Toronto, 173 cases from Peel, 115 cases from York Region, and 92 cases from Ottawa.

The province has also reported 61 school-related cases today, including 40 student cases, four staff cases and 17 unidentified cases. There have been 2,159 school-related cases of COVID-19 reported across 551 schools since the start of September, and 889 of those cases were reported in the last 14 days. There are no schools in the province closed because of COVID-19. 

There were nine new COVID cases reported in licensed child care settings today. 

There are currently 7,669 active, lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province, including 314 people who are hospitalized with the coronavirus. There are 75 COVID patients in intensive care units and 52 COVID patients on ventilators. 

To date, the province has confirmed 75,715 cases of COVID-19 and reported 63,919 resolved cases and 3,127 deaths.  

A case is listed as resolved, or recovered, once 14 days have passed since the onset of symptoms without hospitalization or death. 

The average incidence rate in Ontario is 502 cases per 100,000 people

Since last report, the province's public health labs have processed 41,008 COVID tests and there is a backlog of 41,063 tests awaiting processing. 

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported a total of 1,352 cases of COVID-19, with 1,273 of those in Simcoe County. There are 1,125 cases listed as recovered. Six people are currently hospitalized. The health unit has recorded 49 deaths.

The incidence rate for Simcoe County is 241 cases per 100,000 people.

Case breakdown from Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit by municipality for Simcoe County as of Oct. 29

Municipality Total cases** Recoveries Deaths In Hospital Last case reported Incidence rate*
Barrie 419 376 14   Oct. 29 281
Bradford W-G 229 194 12 1 Oct. 29 533
New Tecumseth 221 150 11 2 Oct. 29 533
Innisfil 117 92 1   Oct. 29 287
Orillia 28 24 3   Oct. 28 84
Collingwood 19 19     Oct. 13 79
Wasaga Beach 28 26 1   Oct. 28 122
Clearview 24 14 1   Oct. 29 162
Springwater 23 19 1   Oct. 29 109
Midland 14 12   1 Oct. 28 78
Oro-Medonte 21 13 2   Oct. 26 90
Adjala-Tosorontio 23 18   1 Oct. 29 197
Essa 42 34 1 1 Oct. 29 176
Ramara 14 14     Oct. 23 135
Tiny 11 9     Oct. 26 84
Tay 15 13     Oct. 28 136
Penetanguishene 15 13 1   Oct. 23 155
Severn 10 9     Oct. 29 67
Georgian Bay 8 7     Oct. 22 not released

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

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


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