Ontario confirms 211 new coronavirus

cases including 2 new deaths

Ontario has recorded 211 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, raising

the total number of cases in the province to 1,355.

It marks the first time that the number of new cases has surpassed

200 since reporting began.

There have also been two additional deaths, raising the toll to 21.

The government reported late Sunday the two deaths were in the Simcoe-

Muskoka District Public Health Unit and the Renfrew County and District

Public Health Unit areas.

The province continues to see a decrease in the number of cases currently

under investigation. Currently, there are 7,203 people awaiting test results,

down almost 3,000 from Friday’s total.

The province has completed just over 49,000 tests, an increase of almost

8,000 additional tests since Friday. The number of resolved cases remains

at eight.

Canada’s chief public health officer Theresa Tam says 205,000 tests for

COVID-19 have been conducted in the country, and about three per cent

of them have been positive.

She also says the number of people with the disease requiring hospitalization

remains around six per cent, with two per cent in critical care and one per cent

of cases fatal.

Tam also corrected a statement she made Saturday, saying that 12 per cent of

people hospitalized are aged 40 and under. She had previously stated that

number was 30 per cent

Tam says even with the lower number, “this statistic shows that younger age

groups are also experiencing illness severe enough to require hospitalization.”

souse   city news.