Ontario reports a record 2,932 cases of COVID-19 and 19 deaths

Ontario is reporting a record 2,923 cases of COVID-19 and 19 deaths on Wednesday.

The daily case number beats the previous record of 2,553 cases set on Tuesday and comes as the province completed 39,210 tests.

Ontario is reporting 2,923 cases of #COVID19 and over 39,200 tests completed. Locally, there are 998 new cases in Toronto, 441 in Peel, 408 in York Region, 158 in Durham and 144 in Windsor-Essex County.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) December 30, 2020

There’s been a jump in the number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19. The province says there are 1,177 people in hospital, which is up from the 864 reported on Tuesday.

There are 323 people in intensive care with 204 of them on ventilators.

Another 2,237 have been marked as resolved.

Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region

Hamilton

• 5,857 total cases, up 31 from Tuesday**
• 4,377 resolved cases
• 1,260 active cases
• 164 deaths — two new
• 67 in hospital (last updated on Tuesday)

**Hamilton public health says Wednesday’s case numbers are under-reported because of a delay in labs uploading data. Thursday’s numbers will be higher because of this. 

Halton

• 5,806 total cases, up 61 from Tuesday
• 5,143 resolved cases
• 556 active cases
• 107 deaths
• 45 patients in hospital

Niagara

• 3,860 total cases, up 107 from Tuesday
• 2,910 resolved cases
• 808 active cases
• 142 deaths — 21 new
• 65 patients in hospital (last updated 4 p.m. on Tuesday)

Haldimand-Norfolk

• 887 total cases, up 13 from Tuesday
• 767 resolved cases
• 81 active cases
• 34 deaths

Brant

• 873 total cases, up 18 from Tuesday
• 704 resolved cases
• 163 active cases
• 6 deaths — one new
• 4 patients in hospital

Six Nations

• 107 total cases
• 100 resolved cases
• 6 active cases
• 1 death