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**Shiloh** · January 4, 2021, 11:40 AM

Source: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-l...aths-1.5252541

Ontario logs more than 3,200 new COVID-19 cases, 29 more deaths
Kayla Goodfield
Multi-Platform Writer, CTV News Toronto
Published Monday, January 4, 2021 10:14AM EST

TORONTO -- Ontario has logged more than 3,200 new COVID-19 cases and 29 more deaths linked to the disease.

On Monday, provincial health officials logged 3,270 new infections of the novel coronavirus, marking the third time Ontario’s daily case count has climbed above the 3,000 mark.

The highest number of cases reported in a single day in Ontario was seen on Saturday when 3,363 infections were recorded. Before that, the previous record was set on Thursday when 3,328 cases were logged...

**Shiloh** · January 5, 2021, 12:58 PM

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...date-1.5861626

Ontario reports 3,128 new COVID-19 cases as hospital figures all reach pandemic highs
245 currently sick enough to require the use of a ventilator in the province
CBC News � Posted: Jan 05, 2021 10:12 AM ET | Last Updated: 29 minutes ago

Ontario reported another 3,128 cases of COVID-19 and 51 more deaths of people with the illness on Tuesday, as the number of active infections and hospitalizations in the province both reached pandemic highs.

There are now 25,840 confirmed, active cases of the illness throughout Ontario, and the seven-day average of new daily cases surpassed 3,000 for the first time.

Further, there are 1,347 people with COVID-19 in hospitals, 157 more than yesterday, which was the previous record.

Of those, 352 are being treated in intensive care and 245 require the use of a ventilator, both also all-time highs in Ontario.

Public health officials have said that about 350 admissions to Ontario's ICUs is the threshold for when hospitals must begin postponing or even cancelling non-COVID-19 related care and procedures...

**Shiloh** · January 6, 2021, 10:34 AM

Source: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-s...urge-1.5255517

Ontario surpasses 200,000 COVID-19 cases since beginning of pandemic as hospitalizations surge
Miriam Katawazi
Multi-Platform Writer, CTV News Toronto
Published Wednesday, January 6, 2021 10:13AM EST

TORONTO -- The total tally of lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario has now surpassed 200,000 as officials log more than 3,000 new infections for the fifth time in seven days.

The province confirmed 3,266 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, and reported that 37 more people have died due to the disease.

Ontario doubled its COVID-19 case count in just 47 days, underscoring the rapid spread of the virus during the second wave of the pandemic.

During the span of one month and 17 days, the province saw its numbers grow from 100,790 on Nov. 20 to 200,626 on Jan. 6...

**Shiloh** · January 7, 2021, 10:43 AM

Source: https://www.cp24.com/news/ont-report...aths-1.5257316

Ont. reports a record 3,519 new COVID-19 cases today, 89 more deaths
'We need to create safer workplaces': Bogoch
Infectious diseases specialist Dr. Issac Bogoch said safer workplaces need to be a priority to curb COVID transmission.
Codi Wilson, Web Content Writer, CP24
Published Thursday, January 7, 2021 10:21AM EST

Ontario has set a new record for the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths logged in a 24-hour period.

Provincial health officials recorded 3,519 new cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus today, up from 3,266 on Wednesday and 3,128 on Thursday.

Another 89 deaths were also confirmed today, surpassing the previous record of 86 set on April 30...

**Shiloh** · January 8, 2021, 12:20 PM

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...2021-1.5865874

Ford promises more restrictions as Ontario reports record 4,249 new COVID-19 cases
ICU admissions hit new record high
CBC News � Posted: Jan 08, 2021 7:56 AM ET | Last Updated: 26 minutes ago

Premier Doug Ford is promising further restrictions coming for Ontario, as the province reported a record 4,249 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday.

That number comes with the caveat — about 450 were attributable to a data upload delay from Toronto Public Health.

Even so, that would mean about 3,800 were newly confirmed infections, considerably more than the previous record of 3,519 reported Thursday. The cases that were delayed were "primarily" from Jan. 5 and 6, the province said.

Ford held a rare morning news conference Friday, where he again asked Ontarians to follow public health guidelines. The premier said new modelling coming early next week will paint a potentially dire scenario in the province.

"We're in a desperate situation, and when you see the modelling, you'll fall out of your chair," Ford said.

"There will be further measures, because this is getting out of control."

Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Ontario's associate chief medical officer of health, agreed with that assessment. "I think we do need to consider more serious measures, perhaps similar to what happened in the spring," she said.

"Today's numbers, to be frank, are scary."...

**Shiloh** · January 9, 2021, 09:28 PM

Source: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/number-of...ases-1.5260271

Number of ICU patients in Ontario soars as province records more than 3,000 new COVID-19 cases
Miriam Katawazi
Multi-Platform Writer, CTV News Toronto
Published Saturday, January 9, 2021 10:10AM EST Last Updated Saturday, January 9, 2021 3:27PM EST

TORONTO -- A new report has confirmed that Ontario now has 400 patients battling COVID-19 in its intensive care units, which comes as the province logged more than 3,000 new cases for the fifth straight day.

The report by Critical Care Services Ontario obtained by CTV News Toronto raised alarms after it confirmed on Saturday that 400 patients are currently in the province’s intensive care units (ICUs) due to the novel coronavirus.

The news comes as health officials reported 3,443 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday. Just the day before, the province released record-breaking numbers with 4,249 new infections.

The province reported on Saturday that in total 1,457 people are currently in hospital due to COVID-19, and that 244 of the patients in intensive care are breathing with the assistance of a ventilator.

Ontario health officials have said that when more than 300 COVID-19 patients are in intensive care, medical care in hospitals not related to the disease becomes nearly impossible to handle.

Dr. Michael Warner, an intensive care unit physician, said on Saturday that hitting the 400-mark of ICU patients across Ontario is very “worrying.”

Warner said the increase in ICU patients is putting additional strain on hospitals, especially in the GTA. He said the province is on its way to hitting 600 patients in ICU, which will result in prioritizing the order of treatment based on urgency...

**Shiloh** · January 10, 2021, 11:56 AM

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...2021-1.5867825

Ontario reports record high new COVID-19 cases with 3,945, logs 61 new deaths
Provincial health ministry says 1,483 people are in hospital due to novel coronavirus
CBC News � Posted: Jan 10, 2021 10:24 AM ET | Last Updated: 17 minutes ago

Ontario is reporting 3,945 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, a single-day record for the province.

The province also recorded 61 more deaths.

Fifty-seven of the 61 people who died in the last 24 hours were residents of the long-term care system.

Locally, Toronto had 1,160 new cases, Peel Region had 641, York Region had 357, Windsor-Essex County had 223 and Waterloo Region had 220.

Health Minister Christine Elliott said the province's network of labs completed 62,300 tests in the last 24 hours. There are 39,362 COVID-19 tests still under investigation.

The provincial health ministry reported that 1,483 people are in hospital as a result of COVID-19. Of this number, 405 are in intensive care units and 266 are breathing with the help of ventilators.

Sunday marks the seventh straight day of more than 3,000 new daily cases in Ontario. A total of 3,443 new infections were reported on Saturday...

**Shiloh** · January 11, 2021, 02:00 PM

Source: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-s...gged-1.5261657

Ontario's COVID-19 death toll surpasses 5,000, more than 3,300 new cases logged
Katherine DeClerq
Multi-Platform Writer, CTV News Toronto
Published Monday, January 11, 2021 10:15AM EST Last Updated Monday, January 11, 2021 10:17AM EST

TORONTO -- More than 5,000 people have died after contracting COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, officials confirmed as they logged more than 3,000 cases for the eighth day in a row.

Health officials logged 3,338 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, marking a decrease from the record-breaking 3,945 infections the previous day.

There were 3,433 cases recorded on Saturday, 3,799 on Friday (not including an extra 450 cases added due to a backlog) and 3,519 on Thursday.

Officials also recorded 29 additional deaths related to the disease, bringing the COVID-19 death toll in Ontario to 5,012.

At least 14 of the deaths logged Monday were residents at long-term care homes.

Of the more than 5,000 people who have died after contracting COVID-19, at least 3,453 were over the age of 80. While seniors are hit hardest by the pandemic, the same demographic only accounts for about seven per cent of all lab-confirmed cases in the province while about 65 per cent of all cases are in people between the ages of 20 and 60.

At least 1,563 people are being treated for COVID-19 in Ontario hospitals, a new record for the province. According to a Critical Care Report obtained by CP24, at least 409 of those patients are being treated in the intensive care unit (ICU).

The province says there are at least 268 people in the ICU who require a ventilator to breath...

**Shiloh** · January 12, 2021, 02:22 PM

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/7570292/o...ry-12-covid19/

Ontario reports 2,903 new coronavirus cases, along with 8 more cases of highly contagious U.K. variant
By Gabby Rodrigues Global News
Posted January 12, 2021 10:24 am
Updated January 12, 2021 2:11 pm

Ontario is reporting 2,903 new cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the provincial total to 222,023.

Health Minister Christine Elliott said eight new cases of the U.K. coronavirus variant were also detected. The U.K. variant, known as the new B.1.1.7 variant of SARS CoV-2, is believed to be more contagious, but it is not believed to cause more severe illness or resistance to vaccines.

There are now 14 confirmed cases of the U.K. variant so far in Ontario.

The province’s associate medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe said out of the eight additional U.K. variant cases, five of them are confirmed to be connected to a recent traveller from the U.K. The other three cases currently are not connected to travel but Public Health Ontario is still investigating.

“It’s very likely we have more that we’re not aware of,” Yaffe said. “The variant is already here.”

Yaffe said the U.K. coronavirus variant is at least 56 per cent more transmissible.

Tuesday’s case count marks a drop in new infections and is the lowest daily increase in cases reported since Jan. 1 when 2,476 new infections were recorded. Case counts have typically been just under or above 3,000 since then.

According to Tuesday’s provincial report, 837 cases were recorded in Toronto, 545 were in Peel Region, 249 in York Region, 246 in Niagara Region, 166 in Waterloo Region and 158 in Windsor-Essex County

All other public health units in Ontario reported under 150 new cases in the provincial report.

The death toll in the province has risen to 5,053, after 41 more deaths were....

**Shiloh** · January 13, 2021, 11:41 AM

Source: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-r...ases-1.5264868

Ontario reports increase in COVID-19-related deaths and fewer than 3,000 new cases
Miriam Katawazi
Multi-Platform Writer, CTV News Toronto
Published Wednesday, January 13, 2021 10:17AM EST Last Updated Wednesday, January 13, 2021 11:34AM EST

TORONTO -- Ontario health officials are reporting fewer than 3,000 new COVID-19 cases for the second day in row, as well as 74 more deaths related to the disease.

The province confirmed 2,961 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday after a drop in infection numbers just the day before when 2,903 cases were added. This comes after several days of record-breaking case numbers over the 3,000 mark.

While the case numbers have dropped, the positivity rate remains high. With just over 50,000 tests completed on Wednesday, the Ontario Ministry of health said the positivity rate now stands at about six per cent.

On Tuesday, with just over 40,000 tests completed, that positivity rate was about 7.8.

The province’s seven-day average for number of infections recorded is now 3,479, up from 3,113 one week ago...

**Shiloh** · January 14, 2021, 12:23 PM

Source: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-r...-dip-1.5266589

Ontario records more than 3,300 new COVID-19 cases after two-day dip
Katherine DeClerq
Multi-Platform Writer, CTV News Toronto
Published Thursday, January 14, 2021 10:16AM EST

TORONTO -- Ontario is recording more than 3,300 new cases of COVID-19 following two days in which the daily number of infections dipped back into the 2,000s.

Health officials confirmed another 3,326 cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, marking a jump from the 2,961 infections on Wednesday and the 2,903 on Tuesday.

The province also recorded 62 more deaths related to the disease, bringing Ontario’s death toll related to COVID-19 up to 5,189.
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At least 29 of the deaths reported were residents in long-term care.

Of the more than 5,000 people who have died after contracting COVID-19, at least 3,577 of them were over the age of 80.

There were 1,388 people between the ages of 60 and 79 who have died and 202 people between the ages of 40 and 60 who died.

Twenty of the deaths were in people between the ages of 20 and 39.

While most of the deaths appear to be occurring in seniors, those in the 20 to 39 age group continue to make up the largest number of COVID-19 cases.

According to the province’s epidemiology report, at least 1,240 of Thursday’s 3,326 cases were in people within that demographic.

There were 977 cases in people between the ages of 40 and 59 and 468 infections in people between the ages of 60 and 79.

Only 219 cases were found in people over the age of 80.

There are at least 1,657 people being treated for COVID-19 in Ontario’s hospitals. According to the government, 388 of those patients are in the intensive care unit, with at least 280 needing a ventilator to breath.

The total number of lab-confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Ontario now stands at 228,310, including deaths and recoveries...

**Shiloh** · January 15, 2021, 01:07 PM

Source: https://www.cp24.com/news/ontario-re...ndon-1.5268197

Ontario reports 2,998 new COVID-19 cases; 100 new deaths in part due to investigation in London
Ontario reported nearly 3,000 COVID-19 cases on Friday, along with 100 new deaths, 46 of which were from earlier in the pandemic.

Ontario reported 2,998 new COVID-19 cases and 100 new deaths on Friday, including 46 fatalities that occurred earlier in the pandemic but were just confirmed in the London-Middlesex area.

“Locally, there are 800 new cases in Toronto, 618 in Peel, 250 in York Region, 161 in Waterloo and 153 in Niagara,” Health Minister Christine Elliott wrote on Twitter.

The province reported 3,326 new cases on Thursday, 2,961 on Wednesday and 3,338 on Monday.

Every neighbourhood in Toronto would be a red zone right now, de Villa says as city reports 1,000+ daily COVID-19 cases for the first time

The seven-day average now stands at 3,273, down from 3,394 at this point last week.

A total of 5,289 people have died since the pandemic began in March 2020, including 407 in the past week.

The Ministry of Health says investigations into recent deaths in the Middlesex-London public health unit found an additional 46 people whose deaths were caused by novel coronavirus infection.

They did not say when exactly the deaths occurred, only that they were “earlier in the pandemic.”...

**Shiloh** · January 16, 2021, 10:32 AM

Source: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-r...aths-1.5269685

Ontario reports more than 3,000 new COVID-19 cases, 51 additional deaths
Sean Davidson
Multi-Platform Writer, CTV News Toronto
Published Saturday, January 16, 2021 10:14AM EST Last Updated Saturday, January 16, 2021 10:17AM EST

TORONTO -- Ontario has recorded more than 3,000 new COVID-19 cases, as well as 51 more deaths related to the disease.

Health officials reports 3,056 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 234,364. The new cases on Saturday is a slight increase over Friday when 2,998 infections were logged.

The 51 new COVID-19-related deaths bring the total number of fatalities to 5,340...

**Shiloh** · January 17, 2021, 01:11 PM

Source: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-r...ions-1.5270294

Ontario reports single-day increase in new COVID-19 cases, records more than 3,400 infections
Sean Davidson
Multi-Platform Writer, CTV News Toronto
Published Sunday, January 17, 2021 10:14AM EST Last Updated Sunday, January 17, 2021 11:49AM EST

TORONTO -- Ontario is reporting a single-day increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases, reporting more than 3,400 new infections and 69 additional deaths.

Health officials confirmed 3,422 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total number of infections in the province to 237,786.

Despite a decrease in testing in the previous 24-hour period, Ontario confirmed nearly 400 more new infections than on Saturday when 3,056 cases were logged.

Ontario completed 60,183 tests in the previous 24-hour time period. According to the government, the test positivity rate is 5.2 per cent.

The 69 new COVID-19-related deaths bring the total number of fatalities to 5,409. There are 3,078 additional cases in the province that are considered resolved.

Officials have said that when more than 300 COVID-19 patients are in intensive care, medical care in hospitals not related to the disease becomes nearly impossible to handle...

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