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Province reports 1,746 new COVID cases today

About 70% of the new cases are from the GTA; There are eight more deaths related to the coronavirus reported over the past 24 hours
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Public Health Ontario has confirmed 1,746 new cases of COVID-19 today, which is 38 fewer than yesterday. There were more than 1,700 cases reported on both Saturday and Sunday.

Of today's new cases, most are confined to the Greater Toronto Area. There are 390 new cases confirmed in Peel Region, 622 cases in Toronto and 217 in York Region; that represents 1,229 — or 70 per cent — of the new lab-confirmed cases reported over the past 24 hours.

The agency also reported eight more deaths related to the coronavirus over the past 24 hours. Yesterday, 24 deaths were reported.

More than 1,320 cases have been resolved since yesterday. 

Over the past 24 hours, 39,406 tests were completed, which is about 14,600 fewer than the record number of tests processed Friday.

According to today's data, the positivity rate is 4.4 per cent; that means 4.4 people out of every 100 people tested have the coronavirus.

Since the start of the pandemic, public health labs in Ontario have processed more than 6.2 million COVID-19 tests.

Throughout Ontario, there are 618 people currently hospitalized with the coronavirus, but the agency notes that a number of hospitals (approximately 40) did not submit data for Nov. 28.

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported a total of 2,021 cases of COVID-19, with 1,929 of those in Simcoe County. There are 1,735 cases listed as recovered in the region. Thirteen people are currently hospitalized, all are Simcoe County residents. The health unit has confirmed 52 deaths since March.

The incidence rate for Simcoe County is 358 cases per 100,000 people. With a seven-day average of 29.2 cases per 100,000 people in a week. The region's reproductive rate shows every person who contracts COVID-19 transmits it to 1.1 other people, and testing data shows 2.1 per cent of people who are tested in the region test positive for COVID-19. 

Case breakdown from Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit by municipality for Simcoe County as of Nov. 27.

Municipality Total cases** Recoveries Deaths In Hospital Last case reported Incidence rate*
Barrie  611 509 15 9 Nov. 27 409
Bradford W-G  350 302 12 1 Nov. 27 815
New Tecumseth  341 292 12 2 Nov. 27 823
Innisfil 182 164 1 1 Nov. 27 447
Orillia 34 28 3   Nov. 23 102
Collingwood 27 23     Nov. 27 113
Wasaga Beach 35 31 1   Nov. 23 152
Clearview 35 32 1   Nov. 27 237
Springwater 41 23 1   Nov. 27 195
Midland 16 16     Nov. 19 89
Oro-Medonte 26 20 2   Nov. 27 112
Adjala-Tosorontio 38 36     Nov. 27 326
Essa 97 88 1   Nov. 27 406
Ramara 18 16     Nov. 18 173
Tiny 18 17     Nov. 23 137
Tay 27 23 1   Nov. 23 235
Penetanguishene 19 18 1   Nov. 19 196
Severn 14 12     Nov. 27 94
Georgian Bay 9 8     Nov. 24 319

 *Incidence rate is number of cases per 100,000 people in the local population.

**Total cases includes the number of cases currently recovering at home as well as any that have recovered, died, or are in hospital


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