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Province confirms 158 new COVID-19 cases today

Two new deaths bring Ontario's total to 2,813
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Public Health Ontario confirmed 158 new cases of COVID-19 today, down from 169 on Saturday.

There were two new deaths confirmed today, bringing the total number of deaths to 2,813. No new deaths were reported Saturday.

To date Public Health Ontario has confirmed 43,161 cases of COVID-19 and reported 38,958 recoveries. 

There are now 1,390 active cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, including 52 patients hospitalized with the coronavirus. There are 15 COVID-19 patients in intensive care and nine patients on ventilators. 

The province has confirmed Ontario labs have processed another 28,955 COVID-19 tests, up from 28,672 on Saturday.

The province will not be providing updated data for Ontario cases on Monday due to the Labour Day holiday. It will resume its reporting on Tuesday.

The breakdown for the health units in northern Ontario is:

  • Algoma Public Health - 29 cases, rate of 25.3 per 100,000 population. There is one known active case.
  • North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit - 35 cases, rate of 27 per 100,000 population. The health unit has reported 37 cases. There are no known active cases.
  • Porcupine Health Unit - 74, rate of 88.7 per 100,000 population. There is one known active case.
  • Public Health Sudbury and Districts - 94 cases, rate of 47.2 per 100,000 population. There are no known active cases.
  • Timiskaming Health Unit - 19 cases, rate of 58.1 per 100,000. There are no known active cases.
  • Northwestern Health Unit - 46 cases, rate of 52.5 per 100,000. The health unit has reported 47 cases. There are two known active cases.
  • Thunder Bay District Health Unit - 103 cases, rate of 68.7 per 100,000.There are no known active cases.

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Nathan Taylor is the desk editor for Village Media's central Ontario news desk in Simcoe County and Newmarket.
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