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Ontario reports 146 new COVID-19 cases, 7 more deaths
Ontario is reporting 146 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday after nearly 17,500 tests were completed.
Health officials say seven more people have died from COVID-related illnesses.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 43 new cases in Toronto, 36 in the Region of Waterloo, 13 in Peel Region, and 10 in Middlesex-London.
There are currently 192 patients in intensive care with COVID-related critical illness and 123 on ventilators.
Of the province’s 626 long-term care homes, five are in an outbreak.
Elliott says 176,834 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were administered Monday for a total of more than 17.2 million. She says over seven million Ontarians are now fully vaccinated.
Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region:
Hamilton
- 21,409 total cases — up 12 from previous
- 20,445 resolved cases
- 95 active cases
- 400 deaths
- 29 in hospital
Niagara Region
Niagara Region has not yet updated data from July 12
- 16,287 total cases (July 12)
- 15,789 resolved cases (July 12)
- 83 active cases (July 12)
- 415 deaths (July 12)
- 6 in hospital (July 12)
Halton Region
Halton Region has not yet updated data from July 12
- 18,066 total cases (July 12)
- 17,785 resolved cases (July 12)
- 47 active cases (July 12)
- 234 deaths (July 12)
- 5 in hospital (July 12)
Brant
- 3,416 total cases
- 3,390 resolved cases
- 6 active cases
- 20 deaths
- 0 in hospital
Haldimand-Norfolk
- 2,716 total cases
- 2,655 resolved cases
- 8 active cases
- 47 deaths
