Public Health Ontario has reported at least 76 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, but data from some health units is missing for today's summary.
According to the province's public health agency, there were 11 health units not included in today's report, so the new cases confirmed today could be underestimated.
The province confirmed one death today, an individual between the ages of 60 and 79 years old. There have now been 2,793 COVID-related deaths reported in Ontario, which is 6.8 per cent of all lab-confirmed cases. There have been 1,912 people over 80 years old who have died, which is more than 31 per cent of all lab-confirmed cases in that age group (6,069 cases).
Of the health units that did report new cases for today's provincial summary, Toronto reported the highest with 21 new cases, followed by Peel reporting 19 new cases, and Ottawa reporting 11 new cases.
According to data provided by Public Health Ontario, 60 per cent of all lab-confirmed cases reported in the province so far are individuals between the ages of 20 and 59 years old.
There have been 41,048 cases reported in the province so far, and of those, 37,291 are reported recovered (90.8 per cent) and 2,793 have ended in death (6.8 per cent).
Based on data provided in today's epidemiological summary, there are at least 964 active, lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario currently.
Since last report, public health labs have processed 25,917 coronavirus tests, bringing the cumulative total in Ontario to 2,682,845 tests completed.
Today's provincial report does not include new data from Algoma Public Health, Public Health Sudbury and Districts, and Timiskaming Health Unit.
The breakdown for the Northern Ontario 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 - 72, rate of 86.3 per 100,000 population. There are no known active cases.
• Public Health Sudbury and Districts - 92 cases, rate of 46.2 per 100,000 population. The health unit has reported 93 cases. There are three known active cases.
• Timiskaming Health Unit - 19 cases, rate of 58.1 per 100,000. There are no known active cases.
• Northwestern Health Unit - 43 cases, rate of 49 per 100,000. The health unit has reported 44 cases. Tuesday, it reported a new positive test in the Kenora area that has not been reflected in the regional case data on its website.
• Thunder Bay District Health Unit - 101 cases, rate of 67.4 per 100,000. The health unit has reported 100 cases. There are no known active cases.
The Ontario rate of infection per 100,000 population is 276.1.
