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Ontario reports 251 new COVID-19 cases, four new deaths

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Ontario is reporting 251 new cases of COVID-19 and four new deaths.

Tuesday’s number is down from the 314 new cases reported the previous day.

Toronto, Ottawa and Peel continue to lead the province in new case numbers, according to Minister of Health Christine Elliott.

There are 14 new cases of COVID-19 at schools across the province.

According to the provincial website, four are students and four are staff members.

There are another six cases where the individual has not been identified.

The province completed 27,664 tests.

Hospitalizations have remained steady at 47. Of those, 19 are in ICU and 11 of those are on a ventilator.

Provincial numbers show an additional 117 cases have been marked as resolved.

Over 40,000 of the 45,068 cases to date have been marked as resolved.

All four of the deaths reported Tuesday were in residents of long-term care homes.

The number of deaths now sits at 2,820.

The number of active cases in the province sits at 2,157.

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

Haldimand-Norfolk: 0 new cases, 11 active cases

Brant: 0 new cases, 3 active cases

Niagara: 1 new case, 25 active cases

Hamilton: 2 new cases, 40 active cases

Halton: 4 new cases, 60 active cases

 

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