Ontario reports 563 new COVID cases Friday - BradfordToday

Public Health Ontario reported 563 new COVID cases today.

The latest updates noted 352 recoveries and five new deaths.

The Nov. 5 updates provided by the province's public health agency and the ministry of health also reported the following data:

• 3,395 active, lab-confirmed cases, up from 3,189 yesterday. 
• 225 people are hospitalized with COVID-19.
• There are 109 COVID-positive patients in the ICU plus another 20 patients no longer testing positive for COVID-19.
• There are 67 COVID-positive patients on ventilators and another 14 patients on ventilators no longer testing positive for COVID. 
• 11,063,495 Ontarians (about 74 per cent of the total population) have been fully vaccinated. 88 per cent of eligible Ontarians have at least one dose of vaccine.
• Included in the new cases today are 259 unvaccinated, 15 partially vaccinated, and 249 fully vaccinated people. 40 cases were reported with vaccination status unknown. 
• Among the ICU cases are 59 unvaccinated, two partially vaccinated and 12 fully vaccinated people. 
• Those hospitalized with COVID (but not in the ICU) include 83 unvaccinated, 12 partially vaccinated, and 57 fully vaccinated people. 
• The seven-day average incidence rate by vaccination status is six cases per 100,000 unvaccinated people, 2.4 cases per 100,000 partially vaccinated people, and 1.4 cases per 100,000 fully vaccinated people.
• The province reported 30,187 tests were processed yesterday, resulting in a 1.8 per cent positivity rate.
• Of the new cases reported today, 44 are from Toronto, 44 are from Peel, 49 are from Simcoe-Muskoka, and 52 are from York Region.
• Today's new cases include 102 individuals under 12 years old, 37 youth between 12 and 19 years old, 170 people between 20 and 39 years old, 144 people between 40 and 59 years old, 75 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 36 people over 79 years old.

Public Health Ontario has confirmed 602,087 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 588,796 recoveries and 9,896 deaths.

Since the start of the pandemic, 30,685 people have been hospitalized with COVID and 6,014 of them were in intensive care units.

The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 4,086.4 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.

Ontario's average weekly incidence rate last week was 17.9 cases per 100,000 people, which is up by 7.2 per cent compared to the week of Oct. 20.

For more on the province's breakdown of vaccination status, click here.

Simcoe-Muskoka 

Yesterday, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported 40 new COVID cases and one death.

There are currently 229 active cases in the region. 

Twenty-one people from Simcoe County and one person from Muskoka District are hospitalized with COVID-19.

Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 14,151 cases of COVID-19 with 13,655 of those cases recovered and 267 cases ending in death. 

The region's weekly incidence rate is 25.3 cases per 100,000 for the week beginning Oct. 26, which is up by 42.9 per cent compared to the week beginning Oct. 20.

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