Public Health Ontario is reporting 195 new COVID-19 cases in the province today, which close to double the 103 cases reported yesterday.
This week has seen daily case reports in both extremes from the highest reported this month – 203 new cases on July 21 – to the second-lowest reported this month – 103 reported on July 23.
Of today's reported cases, 66 per cent are individuals under the age of 40.
Today's epidemiological update includes 57 new cases reported by the Windsor-Essex health unit, 31 reported by Toronto Public Health, and 27 new cases reported by Ottawa Public Health. Ottawa is in Stage 3 of the province's reopening plan; Toronto and Windsor-Essex remain in Stage 2.
Windsor-Essex County Health Unit has reported 10 workplace outbreaks, eight of which were agricultural settings.
Fifteen of the province's 34 health units reported zero new cases and another 11 reported five or fewer new cases.
Today's report also confirmed another three deaths related to COVID-19, all three individuals were over the age of 60 and two were over the age of 80.
Public Health Ontario has reported 2,758 deaths of people with COVID-19, including 1,791 residents of long-term care homes and eight long-term care health workers. Seven per cent of all Ontario cases reported have ended in death.
There have been 38,405 lab-confirmed cases of the coronavirus reported in Ontario since the pandemic began, with 34,100 of those (88.8 per cent) now indicated recovered.
There are 1,547 active, lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province based on Public Health Ontario's epidemiological report. Of those, 141 people are currently hospitalized with 31 patients in intensive care and 20 patients on ventilators.
The province reports 28,809 tests have been processed since yesterday's update.
This week (July 18-24) the province has reported 1,131 new cases, which is higher than the previous two weeks. From July 11-17, the province reported 810 new cases, and from July 4-10 the province reported 929 new cases.
The most number of cases reported in a week was 3,994 for the week of April 18 to 24. That week also had the record for the most number of cases reported in a day with 640 new cases reported on April 24.
Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported 645 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the region to date, with 614 of those reported in Simcoe County.
Thirty-six people have died in Simcoe County and Muskoka and the health unit has reported 566 recoveries. The incidence rate for Simcoe-Muskoka region is 108.5 cases per 100,000 people in the population.
There are 42 active cases of COVID-19 in Simcoe County including four people hospitalized, according to the health unit's July 23 epidemiological report. There is one active, hospitalized case in Muskoka District.
| Municipality | Total cases | Recoveries | Deaths | In Hospital | Last case reported | Incidence rate* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrie | 200 | 166 | 14 | July 23 | 134 | |
| Bradford W-G | 125 | 111 | 12 | July 23 | 290.9 | |
| New Tecumseth | 81 | 76 | 1 | 1 | July 20 | 195.5 |
| Innisfil | 53 | 49 | 1 | July 23 | 130.1 | |
| Orillia | 18 | 15 | 2 | July 22 | 53.8 | |
| Collingwood | 16 | 15 | July 20 | 66.7 | ||
| Wasaga Beach | 15 | 14 | 1 | June 19 | 65.2 | |
| Clearview | 8 | 7 | 1 | June 15 | not released | |
| Springwater | 15 | 14 | 1 | July 20 | 71.4 | |
| Midland | 11 | 7 | 1 | July 20 | 61.3 | |
| Oro-Medonte | 8 | 5 | 2 | July 17 | not released | |
| Adjala-Tosorontio | 9 | 9 | June 16 | 77.2 | ||
| Essa | 18 | 15 | 1 | July 23 | 66.9 | |
| Ramara | 10 | 10 | June 23 | 96.3 | ||
| Tiny | 6 | 5 | July 16 | not released | ||
| Tay | 9 | 8 | July 23 | not released | ||
| Penetanguishene | 7 | 6 | 1 | July 23 | not released | |
| Severn | 5 | 5 | June 23 | not released |
*Incidence rate is number of cases per 100,000 people in the local population.
