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Ontario Hospital Association calls for more lockdowns as COVID-19 cases surge to 2,432 to ICUs and 15 additional patients on ventilators. A total of 7,166,667 tests have been completed, an increase of 58,178 from yesterday, with 78,631 tests under investigation, an increase of 13,034 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 The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit's service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County. The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding statutory holidays. As the health unit does not issue updates on Sundays, these numbers include December 13 and 14. Confirmed positive: 426, including 220 in Kawartha Lakes, 179 in Northumberland, 27 in Haliburton (increase of 4 in Northumberland and 1 in Kawartha Lakes)* Active cases: 54, including 10 in Kawartha Lakes and 44 in Northumberland (net increase of 1) Probable cases: 0 (no change) High-risk contacts: 317, including 25 in Kawartha Lakes, 169 in Northumberland, and 5 in Haliburton (net increase of 142)** Hospitalizations (total to date): 18, including 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 6 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change) Deaths: 33 (no change) Resolved: 352, including 191 in Kawartha Lakes, 134 in Northumberland, 27 in Haliburton (increase of 6, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton) Institutional outbreaks: Extendicare Kawartha Lakes in Lindsay (no change) *Two previously reported cases have been transferred to Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit. These are not considered new cases, but have increased the case count for Kawartha Lakes and Northumberland by 1 each. **This total includes 118 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contact's county. Province of Ontario Confirmed positive: 148,967 (increase of 2,432) 4/7