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.
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