Ontario reports 2,432 cases of COVID-19, 23 deaths

Ontario is reporting another 2,432 cases of COVID-19 and 23 deaths.

This is a single-day record and comes as the province completed 58,178 tests.

Ontario is reporting 2,432 cases of #COVID19 and nearly 58,200 tests completed. Locally, there are 737 new cases in Toronto, 434 in Peel, 209 in York Region, 190 in Windsor-Essex County and 142 in Hamilton. There are 2,009 more resolved cases.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) December 17, 2020

Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region

Hamilton

• 4,567 total cases, up 162 from Wednesday
• 3,543 resolved cases
• 853 active cases
• 127 deaths (four new)
• 53 in hospital

Niagara

• 2,767 total cases, up 44 from Wednesday
• 2,256 resolved cases
• 419 active cases
• 92 deaths
• 46 in hospital

Halton

• 4,779 total cases, up 76 from Wednesday
• 4,284 resolved cases
• 406 active cases
• 89 deaths (five new)
• 32 in hospital

Haldimand-Norfolk

• 758 total cases, up 10 from Wednesday
• 661 resolved cases
• 59 active cases
• 33 deaths

Brant

• 700 total cases, up 19 from Wednesday
• 589 resolved cases
• 106 active cases
• 5 deaths
• 2 in hospital

The death toll now sits at 4,058 people, with more than 60 per cent of those deaths reported in residents of long-term care homes.

Another 2,009 cases have been marked as resolved. More than 85 per cent of Ontario’s known COVID-19 cases are resolved.

There are 919 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario, down from the 932 reported on Wednesday. Of those, 263 are in intensive care with 172 of them on ventilators.