Ontario reports more than 800 new cases of COVID-19
Posted October 20, 2020 8:16 am.
Last Updated October 20, 2020 10:54 am.
Ontario is reporting its second-highest daily case count since the pandemic started, with 821 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Tuesday. There were 704 cases reported on Monday.
Toronto remains the virus hotspot with 327 new cases, followed by 136 in Peel, 79 in Ottawa and 64 in York Region.
The province said it conducted over 24,000 tests in the previous day.
Three more people have died, raising the provincial death toll to 3,053. The majority of deaths (1,979) have been people living in long-term care. Eight long-term health care workers have also died.
The province says 274 are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, with 72 in Intensive Care Units and 45 on ventilators.
Ontario is reporting 821 cases of #COVID19 as over 24,000 tests were completed. Locally, there are 327 new cases in Toronto, 136 in Peel, 64 in York Region and 79 in Ottawa. There are 628 more resolved cases.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) October 20, 2020
Earlier on Breakfast Television, the province’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams said the rising numbers remain a concern.
“A lot these are in the four hot zones, per se. And so we have our work ahead of us to keep bringing those numbers down to an acceptable range,” Dr. Williams said.
Canada’s total case count passed the 200,000 mark on Monday, just over four months after Canada reached the 100,000-case threshold.
The bulk of the country’s case load has been concentrated in Ontario and Quebec, though numbers have been surging in much of the country in recent weeks.
With files from The Canadian Press
Top 5 highest daily cases counts in Ontario since the pandemic started:
- October 9: 939
- October 20: 823
- October 10: 809
- October 12: 807
- October 17: 805
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