Ontario reports a record 2,553 COVID-19 cases, 41 deaths

Ontario reported 2,553 more cases of COVID-19 and 41 more deaths on Tuesday.

It’s a new daily record of cases for the province and comes as 34,112 tests were completed.

Health officials released two days of data on Tuesday, as no provincial update was provided on Monday.

There were 1,939 cases of COVID-19 reported on Monday with 39,565 tests completed.

Ontario is reporting 2,553 cases of #COVID19 today, and 1,939 cases reported yesterday. Today, there are 895 new cases in Toronto, 496 in Peel, 147 in Windsor-Essex County, 144 in Hamilton and 142 in York Region.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) December 29, 2020

The number of resolved cases for Tuesday is up 2,233 for a total of 151,562 cases.

There are 864 patients in hospital with COVID-19 in Ontario. 304 of them are in intensive care, with 209 of those on ventilators.

4,455 people have died of COVID-19 in the province.

Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region

Hamilton

• 5,826 total cases, up 162 from Monday
• 4,292 resolved cases
• 1,317 active cases
• 162 deaths (up 4 from Monday)

Halton

• 5,745 total cases, up 108 from Monday
• 5,082 resolved cases
• 556 active cases
• 107 deaths

Niagara

• 3,753 total cases, up 138 from Monday
• 2,785 resolved cases
• 847 active cases
• 121 deaths

Haldimand-Norfolk

• 874 total cases, up 9 from Monday
• 755 resolved cases
• 80 active cases
• 34 deaths

Brant

• 855 total cases, up 29 from Monday
• 692 resolved cases
• 158 active cases
• 5 deaths