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COVID-19: 40 cases reported after the weekend in Niagara

One new health care outbreak as another big increase hits the region
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A positive swab test for COVID-19. Photo: Getty Images

Niagara saw another substantial jump in COVID-19 cases over the weekend, with 40 new infections confirmed by Niagara Public Health.

The largest single-day increase was reported on Sunday, when 23 cases were confirmed, following Saturday's 13.

Monday saw 4 new cases.

The increase has brought the number of active cases to 107 across Niagara.

There are 5 outbreaks in medical facilities in the region after Gilmore Lodge in Fort Erie confirmed at least one case.

The historic total in Niagara is now 1351 since the pandemic hit the region on March 13.

Thorold has had 57 cases.

At least 68 Niagara residents have died after testing positive for the virus.

 

Provincial update

Public Health Ontario has confirmed 851 new cases of COVID-19 as well as six deaths and 679 recoveries in today's epidemiological report. 

After reporting more than 1,000 new cases yesterday for the first time ever, the province noted a drop of about 200 cases in today's report. 

The deaths reported today include one person between 20 and 39 years old (the 12th death reported in that age group in Ontario),  two people between 60 and 79 years old, and three people over the age of 80. Two of the people who died were residents at long-term care homes. 

Since yesterday's update, 28 people have been hospitalized with COVID-19, and five people have been admitted to the intensive care unit. 

There were 546 cases confirmed in people aged 20 to 59 years old in today's report. The province also reported 41 more residents of long-term care homes have tested positive for COVID-19. 

According to a breakdown of cases provided by Public Health Ontario, 281 of today's cases were reported by Toronto Public Health, 215 by Peel Public Health, 90 by York Region Public Health, and 76 by Ottawa Public Health. 

There are currently 7,286 active, lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, including 295 people who are hospitalized. There are 78 COVID patients in intensive care units and 51 COVID patients on ventilators. 

There are 72 new school-related cases reported today, with 39 of those cases listed as students, four as staff, and 29 are unidentified. There have been 1,770 school-related COVID cases reported to date, and they are spread across 548 schools. There are no schools currently closed because of COVID-19. The province also confirmed nine new COVID cases in childcare settings. 

According to the province's public health agency, Ontario labs processed 28,652 tests since the last report, and there are 17,603 tests awaiting processing. The province's public health labs have now processed 4.9 million COVID tests. 

To date, there have been 71,224 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, and 60,839 of those cases (85.4 per cent) have been reported as recovered and 3,099 cases (4.4 per cent) reported as ending in death.