{"id":12196,"date":"2020-04-18T15:21:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T19:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/?p=12196"},"modified":"2020-05-21T11:12:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T15:12:32","slug":"there-are-now-858-cases-of-covid-19-in-ontario-including-15-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/there-are-now-858-cases-of-covid-19-in-ontario-including-15-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"There are now 858 cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, including 15 deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TORONTO —
\n\tPublic health officials have confirmed that a man in his 40s who worked at a Real Canadian Superstore location in Oshawa is the latest COVID-19-related death in Ontario, bringing the provincial total to 15 fatalities.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe total number of COVID-19 patients in Ontario has risen to 858, with health officials announcing 170 more positive cases on Thursday alone.<\/p>\n

\n\tOntario’s Associate Medical Officer of Health Dr. Barbara Yaffe said 29 of those patients are currently receiving intensive care in hospital, 20 of which are on ventilators to assist with breathing.<\/p>\n

\n\tYaffe said that of the cases that have been investigated by public health officials, community transmission is suspected in roughly 25 per cent. However, health officials have only investigated around 60 per cent of Ontario’s confirmed cases.<\/p>\n

\n\tShortly before provincial health officials updated their response to the spread of the novel coronavirus, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit confirmed a third death in their region.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe deceased patient is an Orillia woman in her 70s.<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tThe other deaths in Ontario linked to COVID-19 were residents of Toronto, Ottawa, Barrie, Hamilton, Lindsay, and Milton.<\/p>\n

\n\t170 new cases of COVID-19 in Ontario<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tThe 170 new cases<\/a> announced Thursday include 22 people in Toronto, 33 in York Region, 15 in Peel Region, five in Durham Region, three in Peterborough, and on in Halton Region and Hamilton.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs well, there are five more cases in Ottawa, 14 in Haliburton Kawartha Pineridge, four in Middlesex London, four in Simcoe Muskoka, four in Lambton, three in Waterloo, two in Niagara, two in Oxford, and one in Northwestern, North Bay and Sudbury.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe location of all additional cases is listed as \u201cpending.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOntario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams said that he isn’t surprised by the increase in cases, attributing the jump in numbers to Ontario residents recently returning from international travel.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u00a0“It\u2019s not surprising that the numbers are rising, we know that more people are coming back from March Break,” Dr. Williams said. “Numbers will rise in the next few days again \u2013 more people are coming back and lab testing capabilities are ramping up more \u2013 those two together mean our numbers could go up and not surprising if it goes up 200 in a day.”<\/p>\n

\n\tDr. Yaffe said that of those who travelled outside of Canada and tested positive for COVID-19, the United States and Europe are among the most popular destinations.<\/p>\n

\n\tFifty-six of the 170 cases are linked to a close contact of a previously confirmed case of the virus, while 35 are linked to recent travel outside of Canada. The rest of the cases all have their means of transmission listed as \u201cpending.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTwelve of the new patients remain in hospital receiving medical care, including two people in their 20s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t10,000 people under investigation for the virus<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tWhile announcing the new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday morning, health officials stated that more than 10,000 people are currently under investigation for the virus and more than 26,000 people in the province have tested negative thus far.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the province, eight people previously infected with the virus have since recovered.<\/p>\n