Niagara Public Health reports three new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, leaving the number of active cases at 41.
The historic total is fast approaching 1000 cases since the first confirmed case of the virus was reported in Niagara on March 13.
There are two active outbreaks in the region, out of which one is located at Deer Park Villa in Grimsby.
Provincial update:
Public Health Ontario has confirmed another 425 new cases of COVID-19 today, nearly half of which were reported by the Toronto Public Health.
The province has also reported two deaths, including one person over 80 and one person between 60 and 79 years old.
According to a breakdown of today's cases by Public Health Ontario, Toronto Public Health reported 175 new cases for today's epidemiological summary. Peel Public Health reported 84 new cases and Ottawa reported 60 new cases. Together, those three health units reported 319 cases, which is 75 per cent of the new cases confirmed today.
Today, 285 of the new cases are individuals under 40 years old. Most of the cases reported each day are close contacts or outbreak related, but the province is also reporting nearly the same number of community-aquired cases where there is no known epidemiological link.
According to the data released by the province on school-related cases, there have been 18 new school cases identified since Friday. Eight were student cases and four were staff cases, the rest are not identified. There are now 90 school-related cases spread across 75 schools.
