The daily number of new COVID-19 cases in Ontario jumped back into the triple digits on Friday.
There were 134 new cases reported.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says that while it’s a slight uptick over the past two days, 28 of 34 Ontario’s public health units are reporting five or fewer cases, with 16 of them reporting no new cases.
The six areas with more than five cases are Ottawa with 26, Windsor-Essex with 24, Peel with 20, Toronto with 19, the Southwestern Public Health Unit with 19 and Sudbury with six.
Another three deaths were reported bringing the death toll in the province to 2,755.
To date 39,209 cases have been confirmed in Ontario.
Of those 35,074 are listed as resolved which is 89.5 per cent of all cases.
It means there are now 1,360 active cases in the province.
Testing the previous day before this report exceed provincial targets with 30,033 tests conducted in one day.
| Case characteristics | Number |
|---|---|
| Male | 18,216 |
| Female | 20,704 |
| 19 and under | 2,237 |
| 20-39 | 11,985 |
| 40-59 | 11,800 |
| 60-79 | 7,148 |
| 80 and over | 6,034 |
| Testing | Number |
|---|---|
| Total tests completed footnote 8 | 2,171,972 |
| Total tests completed in the previous day footnote 9 | 30,033 |
| Currently under investigation footnote 10 | 29,215 |
| Hospitalizations | Number |
|---|---|
| Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 footnote 11 | 78 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU footnote 12 | 29 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU footnote 12 on a ventilator with COVID-19 | 15 |
