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COVID-19: 108 new cases reported in Niagara on Tuesday

No new outbreak in today's update
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NRPH confirmed another 108 cases of COVID-19 in its Tuesday update.

There are 1,854 active cases across Niagara.

Niagara Region Public Health said a data outage yesterday led to the number of resolved cases being underreported, which will be corrected in tomorrow's update.

1,859 doses of the vaccine have been administered so far across Niagara.

Ontario update

 

Public Health Ontario has reported 1,913 new cases of COVID-19 today, which is as low as daily reports from the beginning of December. 

However, today's report comes with a disclaimer stating a technical issue prevented Toronto Public Health from reporting an "undetermined number of new cases, resulting in an underestimation of the daily counts."

The province is also reporting 46 deaths today, including 20 people who were residents at long-term care homes.

The deaths reported today include 17 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 29 people over the age of 80. 

Ontario reports 78 new COVID-related hospitalizations and 10 new admissions to intensive care. 

The Jan. 19 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:

  • 2,873 new recoveries
  • 27,615 active cases, which is down from 28,621 yesterday
  • 1,626 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario, up from 1,571 reported yesterday. 
  • There are 400 COVID patients in intensive care units (up from 394 yesterday) and 292 COVID patients on ventilators (down from 303 yesterday).
  • The province reported 34,531 tests were processed yesterday resulting in a 6.8 per cent postivity rate. 
  • There is a backlog of 36,750 tests. To date, 9,000,278 tests have been completed.
  • Of the 1,913 cases reported today, 550 are from Toronto, 347 are from Peel, 235 are from York Region, and 48 are from Simcoe Muskoka.
  • There are 259 ongoing, active outbreaks at long-term care homes, 171 outbreaks at retirement homes and 88 outbreaks at hospitals in the province.
  • The province's report shows the cases reported today included: 265 people under 19 years old, 701 people between 20 and 39 years old, 561 people between 40 and 59 years old, 266 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 123 people over the age of 80. 

 Vaccine update for Jan. 19: 

  • There were 14,346 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 administered on Jan. 18, up from 9,691 on Jan. 17.
  • As of 8 p.m. on Jan. 18, the province reports 224,134 doses of vaccine against COVID-19 have been administered.
  • There are 25,609 total vaccinations completed (both doses). The vaccines approved for use require two doses a few weeks apart.

Public Health Ontario has confirmed 242,277 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 209,183 recoveries and 5,479 deaths, of which 3,232 were individuals living in long-term care homes.

The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 1,629.9 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario. The weekly incidence rate in Ontario is 146.5 cases per 100,000 people from Jan. 9 to Jan. 15, which is a decrease of 12.5 per cent compared to Jan. 3 to Jan. 9 when the average weekly incidence rate was 167.4 cases per 100,000 people.