On Friday, 1,780 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Ontario.
The bulk of the cases are in the usual hotspots with Toronto reporting 633 cases, Peel has 433 and York has 152.
Another 25 deaths were announced bringing the death toll in the province to 3,737.
Fifteen of the deaths reported on Friday were residents at long-term care homes.
There were also 1,553 more cases listed as resolved.
It brings the number of active cases in the province up to 14,997.
More than 56,000 tests were completed the day prior to this report, the second most added in one day. The most was 58,037 on November 27.
There are also still 62,403 tests under investigation.
| Severity | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Number of cases footnote 1 | 123,526 | N/A |
| Change from previous report (new cases) | 1,780 | 1.5% increase |
| Resolved footnote 2 | 104,792 | 84.8 |
| Change from previous report | 1,553 | 1.5% increase |
| Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents footnote 3 footnote 4 footnote 5 | N/ADue to technical issues, some information for residents associated with long term care outbreaks is not available. | N/A |
| Subset of all cases that are reported as a health care worker footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 associated with long-term care outbreaks | N/ADue to technical issues, some information for health care workers associated with long term care outbreaks is not available. | N/A |
| Total number of deaths footnote 7 | 3,737 | 3.0 |
| Deaths footnote 7 reported for residents in long-term care homes footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 | 2,357 | 63.1 |
| Deaths footnote 7 reported for health care workers footnote 5 footnote 6 footnote 2 in long-term care homes | 8 | 0.2 |
| Case characteristics | Number |
|---|---|
| Male | 60,224 |
| Female | 62,555 |
| 19 and under | 14,993 |
| 20-39 | 45,183 |
| 40-59 | 35,345 |
| 60-79 | 17,868 |
| 80 and over | 10,116 |
| Testing | Number |
|---|---|
| Total tests completed footnote 8 | 6,462,656 |
| Total tests completed in the previous day footnote 9 | 56,001 |
| Currently under investigation footnote 10 | 62,403 |
| Hospitalizations | Number |
|---|---|
| Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 footnote 11 | 674 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU footnote 12 | 207 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU footnote 12 on a ventilator with COVID-19 | 116 |
