Ontario confirms 130 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths on Saturday; active case count continues to fall

Ontario confirms 130 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths on Saturday; active case count continues to fall's Profile

The province is adding 130 more COVID-19 cases to its total.

Saturday’s update comes with six deaths and 267 more resolved cases.

This brings the number of active cases in Ontario to 1,456 – its lowest number since March.

There have been 36,594 cases reported since the start of the pandemic, although 88.6 per cent have since resolved.

The death toll has risen to 2,716.

Saturday’s update comes after 29,522 tests were completed the day prior.

*Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to July 10, 2020*
Severity	Number	Percentage
Number of cases	36,594	N/A
Change from previous report (new cases)	130	0.4% increase
Resolved	32,422	88.6
Change from previous report	267	0.8% increase
Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents	5,535	15.1
Subset of all cases that are reported as a health care worker associated with long-term care outbreaks	2,383	6.5
Total number of deaths	2,716	7.4
Deaths reported for residents in long-term care homes	1,728	63.6
Deaths reported for health care workers in long-term care homes	8	0.3

*Testing – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to July 10, 2020*
Testing	Number
Total tests completed	1,665,693
Total tests completed in the previous day	29,522
Currently under investigation	22,083

*Hospitalizations – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to July 10, 2020*
Hospitalizations	Number
Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19	128
Number of patients currently in ICU	31
Number of patients currently in ICU on a ventilator with COVID-19	18

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