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Ontario to introduce tougher public health measures as COVID-19 ICU patients jump by 19 with 29 more deaths student cases, 16 staff cases, and no cases among unidentified individuals. There are 10 cases in licensed child care settings, a decrease of 15 from yesterday, with 6 cases among children and 5 cases among staff. In the greater Kawartha region, there are 8 new cases to report today, including 5 new cases in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, with 1 new hospitalization, and 3 new cases in Peterborough. An additional case has been resolved in Peterborough. There are no new cases to report in Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, or Haliburton. An additional case has been resolved in Northumberland. The outbreak at Northumberland Hills Hospital is over as of November 19. The outbreak was declared on November 13 after two symptomatic staff tested positive for COVID-19. Additional investigation has revealed information that the exposure site may have been outside of the hospital setting and there has been no further COVID-19 transmission has been identified among staff and patients. None of the reported new cases in Ontario schools and child care settings are in the greater Kawarthas region. There are currently 51 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, including 25 in Peterborough, 17 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, 5 in Northumberland, 3 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Haliburton. Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 185 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (156 resolved with 4 deaths), 191 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (169 resolved with 32 deaths), 61 in Northumberland County (55 resolved with 1 death), 23 in Haliburton County (22 resolved with no deaths), and 100 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (78 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on November 12. Province-wide, Ontario will exceed 100,000 total confirmed cases tomorrow, with today's increase of 1,210 raising the total number of confirmed cases to 99,372. Of these cases, 83,301 are resolved (83.8% of all cases), an increase of 1,376 from yesterday. There have been 3,443 deaths, an increase of 28 from yesterday, with 2,189 deaths in long-term care homes, an increase of 13 from yesterday. The number of hospitalizations has decreased by 6 to 526, with 19 additional patients with COVID-19 in ICUs, and 10 additional patients on ventilators. A total of 5,779,019 tests have been completed, an increase of 41,838 from yesterday, with 44,493 tests under investigation, an increase of 7,822 from yesterday. The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario's integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 4 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. 3/6