Public Health Ontario has confirmed 797 new COVID cases today, the highest ever reported by the public health agency in a single day.
Today's report also includes a report of four more deaths, including three people over the age of 80 years old and one person between 60 and 79 years old.
The province has also reported a new testing record with 48,488 tests processed in 24-hours according to today's summary. There are another 58,118 tests awaiting results.
Of today's 797 cases, there are 331 people between 20 and 39 years old, 225 people between 40 and 59 years old, and 126 people aged 19 and under.
Based on a breakdown provided by the province, 265 of today's cases were reported by Toronto Public Health, 134 cases were reported by Peel Public Health, and 182 cases were reported by Ottawa Public Health.
The province has also confirmed 100 new school-related cases, half of which were identified as student cases. There have been a total of 822 school-related cases reported to date spread across 415 schools in Ontario.
Since January, the province has reported 56,742 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario. Of those, 48,308 have been reported as recovered and 2,992 cases have ended in death.
There are 5,442 active, lab-confirmed cases in Ontario currently, including 206 people who are hospitalized with the coronavirus. There are 47 COVID patients in intensive care units and 29 of them are on ventilators.
The breakdown for the Northern Ontario health units is:
- Algoma Public Health: 37 cases, rate of 32.3 per 100,000 population. There are three known active cases.
- North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit: 38 cases, rate of 29.3 per 100,000 population. The health unit has reported 40 cases. There are no known active cases.
- Porcupine Health Unit: 85, rate of 101.9 per 100,000 population. There are two known active cases.
- Public Health Sudbury and Districts: 109 cases, rate of 54.8 per 100,000 population. There are three known active cases.
- Timiskaming Health Unit: 19 cases, rate of 58.1 per 100,000. The health unit has reported 17 cases. There are no known active cases.
- Northwestern Health Unit: 66 cases, rate of 75.3 per 100,000. There are 13 known active cases.
- Thunder Bay District Health Unit: 107 cases, rate of 71.4 per 100,000. There are no known active cases.
The Ontario rate of infection is 381.7.
