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Ontario reports 170 new cases of COVID-19, one new death

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Ontario is reporting 170 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death.

Toronto, York and Peel region saw the highest number of new cases, according to Minister of Health Christine Elliott.

Over 24,000 tests were completed.

Numbers released Thursday saw an additional 142 resolved cases.

To date, the province has seen 43,855 cases of the virus, with 90 per cent of those resolved.

A total of 2,814 people have died.

There are 1,567 active cases of COVID-19 in Ontario.

Once again, the number of hospitalizations, patients in ICU and patients on ventilators remain mostly stable.

There are 54 people in hospital with the virus, 14 in the ICU and nine on a ventilator.

Here’s how the numbers break down in our region:

Haldimand-Norfolk: 0 new cases, 20 active cases

Brant: 0 new cases, 3 active cases

Niagara: 3 new cases, 19 active cases

Hamilton: 3 new cases, 88 active cases

Halton: 2 new cases, 41 active cases