Ontario reported 1,589 new cases of coronavirus on Monday, a new single-day record of cases to date, bringing the provincial total to 105,501.
Monday’s case count marks the largest single-day increase in cases, ahead of 1,588 recorded on Saturday — the previous largest single-day high. On Sunday, 1,534 new cases were recorded.
The record-breaking case count comes on the day that Toronto and Peel Region move into lockdown.
According to Monday’s provincial report, 535 cases were recorded in Peel Region, 336 in Toronto, 205 in York Region, 83 in Waterloo and 61 in Hamilton.
All other public health units in Ontario reported under 60 new cases.
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The death toll in the province has risen to 3,505 as 19 more deaths were reported.
Ontario has 507 people hospitalized due to COVID-19 (up by by 23 from the previous day), with 156 patients in an intensive care unit (up by nine) and 92 patients in ICUs on a ventilator (up by three). Hospitalizations have overall steadily increased over the past several weeks.
More than 37,400 tests were processed in the last 24 hours. The government has previously said it hoped to increase testing capacity to 68,000 per day by mid-November.
Ontario is reporting 1,589 cases of #COVID19. Locally, there are 535 new cases in Peel, 336 in Toronto and 205 in York Region. There are 1,484 more resolved cases and nearly 37,500 tests completed.
Today’s numbers will be available at 10:30 a.m. at https://t.co/ypmgZbVRvn.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) November 23, 2020
There is currently a backlog of 18,394 tests that need results. A total of 5,957,723 tests have been completed since the pandemic began.
Meanwhile, 88,902 Ontarians have recovered from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, which is 84 per cent of known cases. Resolved cases increased by 1,484 from the previous day.
Active cases in Ontario now stand at 13,004.
Here is a breakdown of the total cases in Ontario by gender and age:
- 51,113 people are male — an increase of 786 cases.
- 53,798 people are female — an increase of 781 cases.
- 12,381 people are 19 and under — an increase of 214 cases.
- 38,336 people are 20 to 39 — an increase of 625 cases.
- 30,056 people are 40 to 59 — an increase of 447 cases.
- 15,455 people are 60 to 79 — an increase of 218 cases.
- 9,258 people are 80 and over — an increase of 85 cases.
The province notes that not all cases have a reported age or gender.
The newly reported numbers for Monday’s report are valid as of Sunday afternoon.
More to come.