Ontario is reporting another dip in COVID-19 cases, reporting the lowest number of new infections in 16 weeks.
Wednesday’s new cases bring the total number of infections to 37,052."Locally, 31 of Ontario's 34 public health units are reporting five or fewer cases, with fully 19 of them reporting no new cases," Health Minister Christine Elliott said on Twitter.
It comes after officials confirmed an 111 new infections on Tuesday, and reported that 96 of those cases were people younger than 60 years old.According to Wednesday's epidemiology report, 14 of the new cases were found in Peel Region, five were found in York Region, 49 were found in Toronto, and 15 were found in Windsor-Essex, a region that has grappled with outbreaks among migrant workers.
Of the new cases in Ontario, 10 of them were under the age of 19, 43 of them were between the ages of 20 and 39, and 25 of them were between the ages of 40 and 59. There were seven cases in people aged 80 and older. Eleven patients who died were between the ages of 20 and 39, while 112 were between the ages of 40 and 59 and 728 were between the ages of 60 and 79.
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