Ontario reports record 2,005 new COVID-19 infections, 18 deaths

Ontario is reporting a record 2,005 new cases of COVID-19 and 18 deaths. This is the first time in 13 days the province has recorded less than 2,100 new infections.

The province is also announcing the number of completed tests over the last three days. Yesterday 41,783 tests were completed. There were 49,511 on December 25th and 61,465 on December 24th.

There are 823 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario. There are 285 people in ICU with 194 of those on ventilators.

The province’s death toll from the virus is now at  4,377 people.

Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers for our region

Hamilton

• 5,550 total cases
• 4,116 resolved cases
• 1,226 active cases
• 154 deaths

Niagara

• 3,533 total cases
• 2,661 resolved cases
• 773 active cases
• 99 deaths

Halton

• 5,550 total cases
• 4,937 resolved cases
• 508 active cases
• 105 deaths

Haldimand-Norfolk (as of December 26th)

• 862 total cases
• 743 resolved cases
• 80 active cases
• 34 deaths

Brant

• 819 total cases
• 684 resolved cases
• 130 active cases
• 5 deaths