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Ontario reports 2,142 new COVID cases today

The province has also reported 2,159 new cases of COVID-19 from Dec. 25
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Public Health Ontario has reported 2,142 new cases of COVID-19 today (Dec. 26). 

The province also posted yesterday's case report today, which included another 2,159 new cases. 

The province reported 81 deaths since Dec. 24, 39 of whom were residents of long-term care homes. Three of the deaths reported today were individuals between 40 and 59 years old, 23 were between 60 and 79 years old, and 55 were over the age of 80. 

Since Dec. 24, at least 189 people have been hospitalized with COVID-19 and 28 COVID patients have been admitted to intensive care units.

The latest update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following since the Dec. 24 update was posted: 

  • 2,237 new recoveries on Dec. 25 and 1,913 on Dec. 26
  • 755 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario, down from 967 on Dec. 24. The province notes more than 10 per cent of hospitals did not submit data on hospitalizations so the numbers do not include all hospitalizations. 
  • There are 286 COVID patients in intensive care units (up from 277 Dec. 24) and 187 COVID patients on ventilators (up from 176 Dec. 24)
  • 19,879 current active cases in Ontario, which is up from 19,809 Dec. 24
  • The provincial update posted this morning did not include the number of tests processes over the last two days. 

Public Health Ontario has confirmed 169,411 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 14,173  recoveries and 4,359 deaths. 

The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 1,139.7 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario. The weekly incidence rate in Ontario is 109.6 cases per 100,000 people from Dec. 15 to Dec. 21, which is up by 12.2 per cent compared to Dec. 9-15 when the average weekly incidence rate was 97.7 cases per 100,000 people.

York Region Public Health will not be providing a local case update until 5 p.m. today.

 


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