Public Health Ontario has confirmed 1,009 new cases of COVID-19 today.
However, according to Health Minister Christine Elliott, reporting glitches have caused overestimations in yesterday's numbers and underestimations in today's case count.
Public Health Ontario reported yesterday's update included cases reported up to 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 22, but the data included in the province's daily updates only usually include cases reported up to noon the day before. As a result, some of the cases from yesterday's report would normally have been included in today's update.
The province has reported 14 deaths in today's update, including one person between the ages of 40 and 59 years old, three people between the ages of 60 and 79 years old, and nine people over the age of 80.
Since yesterday, 27 people have been hospitalized with COVID-19 and four people have been admitted to intensive care units.
Among the 1,009 new cases reported today are 497 cases from Toronto, 175 from Peel, and 118 from York Region.
The province reported 270 new school-related cases, including 223 student cases and 47 staff cases. There have been 1,281 school-related cases reported in the last 14 days and 4,179 school cases reported to date. There are four schools in Ontario closed because of COVID cases and there are 703 schools in the province with one or more confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There are currently 12,917 active, lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19, which is down from the record 13,004 active cases reported yesterday. There are 534 people hospitalized with the coronavirus, which is up from 507 people yesterday. There are 159 COVID patients in intensive care units and 91 COVID patients on ventilators, according to today's provincial update.
Since yesterday's report, provincial public health labs have processed 27,053 COVID-19 tests, producing a 5.8 per cent positivity rate.
The province has confirmed 106,510 COVID-19 cases to date and reported 90,074 recoveries and 3,519 deaths. Cases are considered recovered in the provincial reporting once the individual has passed 14 days since the onset of symptoms and is not hospitalized.
In Northern Ontario, all but two of the health unit regions are currently classified as green under the province’s new regional restrictions. It means the areas are permitted the broadest allowance of Stage 3 activities.
Public Health Sudbury and District and Thunder Bay District Health Unit are in the yellow (protect) restriction level.
The breakdown of Public Health Ontario data for the rate of cases for Northern Ontario health units is:
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Algoma Public Health: 58 cases, rate of 50.7 per 100,000 people. There is one known active case. The last case was reported Nov. 15.
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North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit: 63 cases, rate of 48.6 per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 67 cases. There are 10 known active cases. The last cases were reported Nov. 24.
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Porcupine Health Unit: 106, rate of 127 per 100,000 people. There are three known active cases. The last case was reported Nov. 20.
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Public Health Sudbury and Districts: 221 cases, rate of 111 per 100,000 people. There are 10 known active cases. The last case was reported Nov. 23.
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Timiskaming Health Unit: 19 cases, rate of 58.1 per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 18 cases. There is one known active case. The last case was reported Nov. 15.
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Northwestern Health Unit: 106 cases, rate of 120.9 per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 109 confirmed cases and two probable cases. There are 26 known active cases. The last case was reported Nov. 23.
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Thunder Bay District Health Unit: 235 cases, rate of 156.7 per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 233 cases. There are 78 known active cases. The last cases were reported Nov. 23.
The Ontario rate of infection is 716.5.
