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Province reports 232 new COVID-19 cases today

One new death is being reported today in Ontario, bringing the total to 2,814 since the pandemic began
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Public Health Ontario has confirmed 232 new cases of COVID-19 today, which is up from 213 on Friday and 170 on Thursday.

One new death is being reported today, bringing the total to 2,814. 

To date, Public Health Ontario has confirmed 44,300 cases of COVID-19 and reported 39,717 recoveries, including 119 since Friday. There are 1,769 active cases in the province.

There are 43 patients hospitalized with the coronavirus, which is down from 49 in Friday's report. Twelve people are in intensive care, which is also down from 18 yesterday, and eight are on ventilators.

The province has confirmed Ontario labs have processed another 35,618 COVID-19 tests, up from 32,501 on Friday. There have been 3,281,455 tests processed in total. There are 30,491 cases under investigation. 

There are confirmed outbreaks at 17 long-term care homes in the province, which is unchanged since yesterday. There are still 37 confirmed cases among residents, and 39 among staff, which is an increase of three people from Friday.

The breakdown for the health units in northern Ontario is:

  • Algoma Public Health - 29 cases, rate of 25.3 per 100,000 population. There are no known active cases.
  • North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit - 36 cases, rate of 27.7 per 100,000 population. The health unit has reported 38 cases. There is one known active case.
  • Porcupine Health Unit - 75 cases. There are two known active cases.
  • Public Health Sudbury and Districts - 94 cases, rate of 47.2 per 100,000 population. There are no known active cases.
  • 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. There are no known active cases.
  • Thunder Bay District Health Unit - 103 cases, rate of 68.7 per 100,000.There are no known active cases.