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Ontario confirms 112 new COVID cases today

There is also one new death included in today's update
Erika Engel
Erika Engel
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Public Health Ontario has confirmed 112 new cases of COVID-19 today and reported one new death. 

The latest person to die with COVID was an individual between 60 and 79 years old. Yesterday, the Porcupine Health Unit confirmed the death of a man in his 70s in Timmins due to complications related to the COVID-19 virus. He tested positive on July 19.

Of today's 112 new cases, there are 54 individuals between the ages of 20 and 39 years old. 

Included in the new cases reported today are 35 from Toronto, 27 from Peel, and 16 from Ottawa. Those were the only health units that reported new cases in the double digits. 

Public Health Ontario has now confirmed 42,195 COVID-19 cases, and has reported 38,204 of those as recovered and 2,810 deaths. 

There are now 1,181 active cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, including at least 51 people hospitalized with the virus. There are 20 patients in intensive care and 10 on ventilators with COVID. 

According to Public Health Ontario, there are 14 ongoing outbreaks at long-term care homes in the province, 19 at retirement homes and three at Ontario hospitals. 

Since yesterday, the province reported there have been another 24,970 coronavirus tests processed with 23,880 still awaiting results. 

If testing numbers continue to remain steady as they have this month, by the end of the week, the province's public health labs will have processed Ontario's three-millionth COVID test.

The breakdown for the health units is:

  • Algoma Public Health - 27 cases, rate of 23.6 per 100,000 population. There are no known active cases.
  • North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit - 35 cases, rate of 27 per 100,000 population. The health unit has reported 37 cases. There are no known active cases.
  • Porcupine Health Unit - 73, rate of 87.5 per 100,000 population. There are no known active cases and one person died of COVID-19 today, bringing the total fatalities to nine.
  • Public Health Sudbury and Districts - 94 cases, rate of 47.2 per 100,000 population. There is one known active case.
  • Timiskaming Health Unit - 19 cases, rate of 58.1 per 100,000. There are no known active cases.
  • Northwestern Health Unit - 46 cases, rate of 52.5 per 100,000. The health unit has reported 47 cases. There is one known active case.
  • Thunder Bay District Health Unit - 103 cases, rate of 68.7 per 100,000. There is one known active case.

The Ontario rate of infection per 100,000 population is 282.1.