Public Health Ontario confirmed 148 new cases of COVID-19 today.
Nearly 50 per cent of the cases came from Peel Public Health, which reported 72 new cases for today's provincial update. Another 41 cases were reported by Toronto Public Health.
Over the last seven days, the province has confirmed 899 new cases of COVID-19. In August, the weekly new case reports ranged from 598 to 796 new cases.
There were no new deaths confirmed today. In fact, the province has removed one death (an individual over 80) it had previously reported as COVID-related, bringing the total number of deaths to 2,811.
To-date Public Health Ontario has confirmed 42,834 cases of COVID-19 and reported 38,741 recoveries.
The average incidence rate in Ontario is 288.2 cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 people in the population.
There are now 1,282 active cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, including 66 patients hospitalized with the coronavirus. There are 13 COVID patients in intensive care and eight patients on ventilators.
Since yesterday's report, the province has confirmed Ontario labs have processed another 28,591 COVID-19 tests.
In Northern Ontario new cases have been reported in Sault Ste. Marie and Timmins, bringing the known active cases to five.
The breakdown for the health units is:
• Algoma Public Health - 29 cases, rate of 25.3 per 100,000 population. There is one known active case.
• North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit - 35 cases, rate of 27 per 100,000 population. The health unit has reported 37 cases. There are no known active cases.
• Porcupine Health Unit - 74, rate of 88.7 per 100,000 population. There is one known active case.
• Public Health Sudbury and Districts - 94 cases, rate of 47.2 per 100,000 population. There is one known active case.
• Timiskaming Health Unit - 19 cases, rate of 58.1 per 100,000. There are no known active cases.
• Northwestern Health Unit - 46 cases, rate of 52.5 per 100,000. The health unit has reported 47 cases. There are two known active cases.
• Thunder Bay District Health Unit - 103 cases, rate of 68.7 per 100,000.There are no known active cases.
The Ontario rate of infection per 100,000 population is 288.2.
