Ontario reports 102 new cases of COVID-19, one new death

Ontario is reporting 102 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death.

This is the second day in a row the province has recorded over 100 cases.

Before this, new cases were under 100 for most of last week.

Today, Ontario is reporting 102 cases of #COVID19, a 0.2% increase as the province processed nearly 26,000 tests. Locally, 30 of the province’s 34 public health units are reporting five or fewer cases, with 17 of them reporting no new cases.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) August 19, 2020

Health Minister Christine Elliott says hospitalizations and the number of people in ICU and on ventilators is “largely stable.”

According to numbers released Wednesday, an additional 89 people had recovered from the virus.

The province has had a total of 40,972 cases of COVID-19. Of those, 89 per cent recovered and 2,792 have died.

Currently, there are 965 active cases of the virus.

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

Haldimand-Norfolk: 0 new cases, 22 active cases

Brant: 1 new case, 5 active cases

Niagara: 6 new cases, 39 active cases

Hamilton: 2 new cases, 46 active cases

Halton: 3 new case, 28 active cases