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Ontario reports 331 new COVID cases Tuesday

The latest updates noted 383 recoveries and seven deaths
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Public Health Ontario reported 331 new COVID cases today.

The latest updates noted 383 recoveries and seven deaths.

The Nov. 2 updates provided by the province's public health agency and the ministry of health also reported the following data:

  • 3,100 active, lab-confirmed cases, down from 3,159 yesterday. 
  • 230 people are hospitalized with COVID-19, however about 10 per cent of Ontario hospitals don't report their bed census on weekends.
  • There are 111 COVID-positive patients in the ICU plus another 25 patients no longer testing positive for COVID-19.
  • There are 67 COVID-positive patients on ventilators and another 16 patients on ventilators no longer testing positive for COVID. 
  • 11,031,522 Ontarians (about 74 per cent of the total population) have been fully vaccinated. 88 per cent of eligible Ontarians have at least one dose of vaccine.
  • Included in the new cases today are 156 unvaccinated, 14 partially vaccinated, and 136 fully vaccinated people. 25 cases were reported with vaccination status unknown (missing health card data). 
  • Among the ICU cases are 59 unvaccinated, five partially vaccinated and 14 fully vaccinated people. 
  • Those hospitalized with COVID (but not in the ICU) include 92 unvaccinated, 14 partially vaccinated, and 45 fully vaccinated people. 
  • The seven-day average incidence rate by vaccination status is 5.8 cases per 100,000 unvaccinated people, 2.6 cases per 100,000 partially vaccinated people, and 1.2 cases per 100,000 fully vaccinated people.
  • The province reported 20,148 tests were processed yesterday, resulting in a 1.5 per cent positivity rate.
  • Of the new cases reported today, 42 are from Toronto, 36 are from Peel, 22 are from Simcoe-Muskoka, and 44 are from York Region.
  • Today's new cases include 69 individuals under 12 years old, 28 youth between 12 and 19 years old, 87 people between 20 and 39 years old, 85 people between 40 and 59 years old, 53 people between 60 and 79 years old, and nine people over 79 years old.

Public Health Ontario has confirmed 600,708 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 587,727 recoveries and 9,881 deaths.

Since the start of the pandemic, 30,508 people have been hospitalized with COVID and 6,000 of them were in intensive care units.

The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 4,077 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.

Ontario's average weekly incidence rate last week was 16.3 cases per 100,000 people, which is down by 8.4 per cent compared to the week of Oct. 17.

For more on the province's breakdown of vaccination status, click here.

Simcoe-Muskoka 

Yesterday, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported 68 new COVID cases and t wo deaths since Friday.

There are currently 206 active cases in the region. 

Twelve people from Simcoe County are hospitalized with COVID-19.

Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 14,061 cases of COVID-19 with 13,589 of those cases recovered and 266 cases ending in death. 

The region's weekly incidence rate is 20.2 cases per 100,000 for the week beginning Oct. 23, which is even with the week beginning Oct. 17.


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