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Ontario confirms 148 new COVID cases today

This is the highest number of new cases reported in a single day since July 24
Erika Engel
Erika Engel
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Public Health Ontario has confirmed 148 new cases of COVID-19 in the province today, but no more deaths have been reported. 

Seventy-five per cent of the new cases reported today have come from just four of Ontario's 34 health units. 

Ottawa Public Health reported 20 of the new cases, Peel Public Health reported 32, Toronto Public Health reported 41, and Windsor-Essex County Health Unit reported 19 of today's new cases. 

Today's report is the highest number of new cases confirmed in a single day since July 24, when the province reported 195 new cases. 

A breakdown of new cases shows three cases have been removed by three health units, meaning there are actually 151 new cases included in today's report. 

Since last report, there have been 32,106 COVID-19 tests processed in Ontario labs and there are 29,491 tests awaiting results. The province has now completed more than 2.9 million coronavirus tests this year. 

To date, the province has confirmed 42,083 cases of COVID-19, and reported 38,126 of those as recovered and another 2,809 have ended in death. 

Currently, there are 1,148 active cases in the province, including 51 people who have been hospitalized with the virus. There are 17 people in intensive care units and five people currently on ventilators with COVID-19.

In Northern Ontario, there are three known active cases.

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.