New COVID-19 cases in Ontario jump to 195, mostly younger people, but with no new cases in greater Kawarthas region July 24, 2020 New COVID-19 cases in Ontario jump to 195, mostly younger people, but with no new cases in greater Kawarthas region kawarthanow.com/2020/07/24/daily-covid-19-update-for-peterborough-and-the-greater-kawarthas-region-july-24- 2020/ kawarthaNOW is providing a daily report of COVID-19 cases in the greater Kawarthas region as well as in Ontario. After a decrease yesterday, new COVID-19 cases in Ontario have jumped higher again, to 195. The number of new daily cases is continuing to trend up, to levels not seen since early July. Younger people continue to represent the majority of new cases. Of the 195 new cases, two- thirds (128) are among people under the age of 39, with a quarter of the new cases under the age of 19. Only eight per cent of new cases (16) are among people age 60 and older, with the remainder of new cases people between 40 and 59. Compare that to the end of May, when almost half of all cases were people age 60 and older, and only one-quarter were people under the age of 39 -- with only three per cent 1/4 https://kawarthanow.com/2020/07/24/daily-covid-19-update-for-peterborough-and-the-greater-kawarthas-region-july-24-2020/ https://kawarthanow.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/young-people-wearing-masks-covid.jpg https://kawarthanow.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/covid-19-cases-ontario-june-23-july-23-2020.png https://kawarthanow.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/covid-19-tests-ontario-june-23-july-23-2020.png