NRPH confirmed another 21 cases of COVID-19 on Monday across the region. Following 5 recoveries, the number of active known cases is now 124.
It continues the increasing trend seen over the past couple of days, when the active case count surpassed 100 again after 40 cases were confirmed over the weekend.
One new outbreak was also noted, bringing the number of active outbreaks in the region to 4.
Public Health Ontario reported 526 new COVID cases in today's update (Aug. 16).
Today's update noted 321 recoveries and zero deaths.
The August 16 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:
3,872 active, lab-confirmed cases, up from 3,667 yesterday.
- 108 COVID-positive people are currently hospitalized in Ontario.
- There are 92 COVID-positive people in intensive care units, another 27 patients in the ICU with COVID-related illness who no longer test positive for COVID-19.
- 49 COVID-positive are on ventilators, and another 17 patients ventilated because of COVID no longer test positive.
- The province reported 15,784 tests were processed yesterday, resulting in a 2.7 per cent positivity rate.
- There are 6,085 tests still awaiting processing, and the provincial labs have processed 16.8 million tests to date.
- Of the new cases reported today, 128 are from Toronto, 83 cases are from Peel, 18 are from Simcoe-Muskoka, four are from Grey-Bruce, and 66 are from York Region.
- Today's cases include 52 individuals under 12 years old, 54 youth between 12 and 19 years old, 268 people between 20 and 39 years old, 107 people between 40 and 59 years old, 35 people between 60 and 79 years old, and nine people over 79 years old.