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Ontario reports record 1,855 new COVID-19 cases and Hastings Prince Edward Public Health moves into 'Yellow-Protect' yesterday, with 99 student cases and 23 staff cases. There are 15 cases in licensed child care settings, an increase of 3 from yesterday, with 11 cases among children and 4 cases among staff. In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 6 new cases to report today in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, 3 new cases in Northumberland, 2 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Haliburton. An additional 4 cases have been resolved in Northumberland, 2 in Hastings and Prince Edward, and 1 each in Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton. This story will be updated with the updated numbers from Peterborough when the health unit provides its update later this afternoon. Of the new cases in Ontario schools, 1 confirmed staff case has been reported at East Northumberland Secondary School in Brighton and 1 confirmed student case has been reported at Hillcrest Public School in Trent Hills. There are currently 76 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, including 31 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, 21 in Peterborough, 14 in Northumberland, 4 in Haliburton, and 5 in Kawartha Lakes. Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 204 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (178 resolved with 5 deaths), 197 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (173 resolved with 32 deaths), 79 in Northumberland County (64 resolved with 1 death), 28 in Haliburton County (24 resolved with no deaths), and 128 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (92 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on November 23. Province-wide, there have been 111,216 confirmed cases, an increase of 1,855 from yesterday, with 94,366 cases resolved (84.8% of all cases), an increase of 1,451 from yesterday. There have been 3,595 deaths, an increase of 20 from yesterday, with 2,283 deaths in long-term care homes, an increase of 13 from yesterday. The number of hospitalizations has decreased by 15 to 541, with no change in the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs and 4 fewer patients on ventilators. A total of 6,126,465 tests have been completed, an increase of 58,037 from yesterday, with 54,241 tests under investigation, an increase of 1,389 from yesterday. The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario's integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 12 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. There may be discrepancies between the Ontario data reported today (which is from yesterday) and the local health unit data reported today (which is from today). Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit 3/6