Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...data-1.5726687
What we know about Ontario's September surge in COVID-19 infections
New case numbers are rising steeply and public health officials can't trace where many got infected
Mike Crawley ? CBC News ? Posted: Sep 17, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
Public health officials can't trace how roughly half of Ontario's latest COVID-19 cases got infected, even as Premier Doug Ford prepares fresh measures to try to slow the pace of spread.
To gain insights into the September surge of COVID-19 in Canada's largest province, CBC News has analyzed Ontario's data on active cases — those who have most recently tested positive for the virus and are either hospitalized or still considered to be infectious.
This gives a clearer picture of current trends that can't always be spotted in the province's daily release of COVID-19 numbers.
Of the more than 2,300 currently active cases in Ontario:
The suspected method of exposure for 54 per cent of cases is either unknown, missing or labelled as "no epidemiological link," which means the novel coronavirus is being spread in the community.
More than one-third of active cases are among people in their 20s, even though that age group makes up only 14 per cent of the province's population.
More than half of active cases are in just two public health units — Toronto and Peel Region.
The data suggests that many Ontarians are currently contracting COVID-19 through unmemorable interactions with others in the course of their daily lives. Experts are worried that failing to track the source of so many new infections will hamper efforts to rein in the spread of the virus...
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Source: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-r...rend-1.5108755
Ontario records nearly 300 new COVID-19 cases, continues upward trend
Sean Davidson
Multi-Platform Writer, CTV News Toronto
Published Thursday, September 17, 2020 10:29AM EDT Last Updated Thursday, September 17, 2020 10:59AM EDT
TORONTO -- Ontario is reporting nearly 300 new COVID-19 cases as the seven-day trend continues to increase in the province.
Health officials logged 293 new infections on Thursday, which is a slight decrease from the 315 cases on Wednesday.
The seven-day rolling average has now increased to 260, up from 242 on Wednesday.
Ontario also reported three additional COVID-19-related on Thursday, bringing the total number of deaths to 2,825.
There are 85 new case of COVID-19 in Toronto, 63 in Peel Region and 39 in Ottawa. They are the province's three COVID-19 hotspots and also the target of the government's new scaled back social gathering limits....
What we know about Ontario's September surge in COVID-19 infections
New case numbers are rising steeply and public health officials can't trace where many got infected
Mike Crawley ? CBC News ? Posted: Sep 17, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
Public health officials can't trace how roughly half of Ontario's latest COVID-19 cases got infected, even as Premier Doug Ford prepares fresh measures to try to slow the pace of spread.
To gain insights into the September surge of COVID-19 in Canada's largest province, CBC News has analyzed Ontario's data on active cases — those who have most recently tested positive for the virus and are either hospitalized or still considered to be infectious.
This gives a clearer picture of current trends that can't always be spotted in the province's daily release of COVID-19 numbers.
Of the more than 2,300 currently active cases in Ontario:
The suspected method of exposure for 54 per cent of cases is either unknown, missing or labelled as "no epidemiological link," which means the novel coronavirus is being spread in the community.
More than one-third of active cases are among people in their 20s, even though that age group makes up only 14 per cent of the province's population.
More than half of active cases are in just two public health units — Toronto and Peel Region.
The data suggests that many Ontarians are currently contracting COVID-19 through unmemorable interactions with others in the course of their daily lives. Experts are worried that failing to track the source of so many new infections will hamper efforts to rein in the spread of the virus...
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Source: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-r...rend-1.5108755
Ontario records nearly 300 new COVID-19 cases, continues upward trend
Sean Davidson
Multi-Platform Writer, CTV News Toronto
Published Thursday, September 17, 2020 10:29AM EDT Last Updated Thursday, September 17, 2020 10:59AM EDT
TORONTO -- Ontario is reporting nearly 300 new COVID-19 cases as the seven-day trend continues to increase in the province.
Health officials logged 293 new infections on Thursday, which is a slight decrease from the 315 cases on Wednesday.
The seven-day rolling average has now increased to 260, up from 242 on Wednesday.
Ontario also reported three additional COVID-19-related on Thursday, bringing the total number of deaths to 2,825.
There are 85 new case of COVID-19 in Toronto, 63 in Peel Region and 39 in Ottawa. They are the province's three COVID-19 hotspots and also the target of the government's new scaled back social gathering limits....
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