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Ontario reports 185 new COVID-19 cases, 7 more deaths
Ontario is reporting 185 new COVID-19 cases Thursday and seven more deaths.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 22 new cases in Grey Bruce, 18 in Toronto, 13 in Peel Region, and 13 in the Region of Waterloo.
There are currently 141 patients in intensive care with COVID-related critical illness and 84 on ventilators.
The province says 125,166 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were administered Wednesday for a total of more than 18.6 million.
Of the province’s 626 long-term care homes, at least five are in an outbreak including Arbour Creek Long-Term Care Centre in Hamilton, St. Joseph’s Villa in Dundas, and The Village of Tansley Woods in Burlington.
An active COVID-19 outbreak indicates that the home has at least one lab-confirmed case of COVID-19 (in resident or staff) and the local public health unit or the home has declared an outbreak.
Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region:
Hamilton
- 21,487 total cases — up 17 from previous
- 20,514 resolved cases
- 108 active cases
- 400 deaths
- 34 in hospital
Niagara Region
Niagara Region has not yet updated data from July 21
- 16,314 total cases (July 21)
- 15,852 resolved cases (July 21)
- 44 active cases (July 21)
- 418 deaths (July 21)
- 4 in hospital (July 21)
Halton Region
Halton Region has not yet updated data from July 21
- 18,135 total cases (July 21)
- 17,842 resolved cases (July 21)
- 58 active cases (July 21)
- 235 deaths (July 21)
- 6 in hospital (July 21)
Brant
- 3,428 total cases — no change from previous
- 3,402 resolved cases
- 6 active cases (July 21)
- 20 deaths (July 21)
- 0 in hospital (July 21)
Haldimand-Norfolk
- 2,725 total cases — up 1 from previous
- 2,661 resolved cases
- 10 active cases
- 48 deaths
