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Ontario reports 1,003 new COVID-19 cases and moves Peel into 'Red-Control' level Ford made the announcement at a media conference at the Ottawa Hospital on Friday afternoon (November 6). "We need to get this virus under control in Peel," Ford said. "The region is averaging 103 cases per hundred thousand. The per cent positivity in daily cases is growing. Hospital capacity is under pressure." Most of today's cases are in Toronto (300), Peel (280), York (125), and Ottawa (43). Toronto, which has more cases than Peel, is remaining in the previous modified Stage 2 category (which is more restrictive than Red-Control) until November 14th. York and Ottawa are in the Orange-Restrict level. There are smaller increases in Halton (41), Waterloo (34), Hamilton (32), Niagara (26), Durham (24), Middlesex-London (16), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (13), Simcoe Muskoka (14), Windsor-Essex (11), Brant County (11), Eastern Ontario Health Unit (9), and Sudbury (8). Except for Windsor-Essex, Middlesex-London, and Sudbury, all these health units are in the Yellow-Protect level -- along with Haldimand-Norfolk, although it reported no new cases today and only 6 yesterday. The remaining 18 public health units are reporting 5 or fewer cases, with 6 health units reporting no new cases at all. Along with Windsor-Essex, Middlesex-London, and Sudbury, all these health units are in the least-restrictive Green-Prevent level (which includes the three health units in the greater Kawarthas region). Of today's cases, 52% are among people 40 or older. With 949 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.1% to 85.8%. The positivity rate has increased by 0.4% to 3.7%, meaning that 37 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on November 5. For the fourth day in a row, there has been a double-digit increase in the number of deaths, with 14 new deaths today, 8 of which were in long-term care facilities. Hospitalizations have decreased by 1 to 380, and the number of patients in ICUs remains unchanged to 86, with 1 additional patient placed on a ventilator. A total of 41,268 tests were completed yesterday, and the backlog of tests under investigation has increased by 5,287 to 47,074. There are 85 new cases in Ontario schools, an increase of 19 from yesterday, with 49 student cases, 8 staff cases, and 28 cases among unidentified individuals. There are 8 cases in licensed child care settings, a decrease of 12 from yesterday, with 3 cases among children and 5 cases among staff. 2/6