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Ontario reports 1,487 new COVID-19 cases, including 12 new cases in greater Kawarthas region November 16, 2020 Ontario reports 1,487 new COVID-19 cases, including 12 new cases in greater Kawarthas region kawarthanow.com/2020/11/16/covid-19-update-for-peterborough-and-the-greater-kawarthas-region-november-16- 2020/ There are now 43 active cases in Peterborough, Hastings and Prince Edward counties, Northumberland, Kawartha Lakes, and Haliburton By kawarthaNOW - Published A swab test bring completed on a patient. (Stock photo) Here's an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region. Today, Ontario is reporting 1,487 new COVID-19 cases, the 11th straight day of more than 1,000 new daily cases, with the average number of daily cases over the past 11 days increasing slightly to 1,346. Most of the new cases are in Toronto (508), Peel (392), and York (170), with smaller increases in Waterloo (67), Ottawa (51), Halton (46), Durham (45), Simcoe Muskoka (35), Hamilton (35), Niagara (19), Windsor-Essex (14), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (14), Grey Bruce (10), Southwestern Public Health (10), Eastern Ontario Health Unit (9), Brant County (9), Chatham-Kent (7), Haldimand-Norfolk (7), Renfrew County (6), and Peterborough (6). The remaining 14 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with only 2 health units (Northwestern Health Unit and North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit) reporting no new cases at all -- the only time this has happened since the pandemic began. Of today's cases, 52% are among people under 40 years of age, with the highest number of cases (516) among people ages 20 to 39. With 992 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has decreased by 0.3% to 83.0%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has decreased by 0.4% since November 13 to to 4.1%, meaning that 41 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on November 15. A total of 10 new deaths were reported today, including 4 in long-term care facilities. Hospitalizations have increased by 21 to 500, although 41 hospitals did not submit data for today's report so this number may be under-reported. There are 7 additional patients with COVID-19 in ICUs, and 3 additional patients on ventilators. 1/4 https://kawarthanow.com/2020/11/16/covid-19-update-for-peterborough-and-the-greater-kawarthas-region-november-16-2020/ https://kawarthanow.com/author/kawarthanow/ https://kawarthanow.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/covid-19-swab-test.jpg https://kawarthanow.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/covid-19-cases-ontario-october-16-to-november-15-2020.png https://kawarthanow.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/covid-19-tests-ontario-october-16-to-november-15-2020.png