Despite low numbers, the North Bay Parry Sound district will remain in the red zone for at least another week.
See: Region continues in Red as more COVID-19 vaccine details are revealed
In its update today the Health Unit reported no new cases and just three active cases, all in Nipissing. All are isolating.
Our region has had 270 total cases since the pandemic began.
Timiskaming Health Unit reports seven active cases and is in the orange zone.
The Sudbury Health Unit reports 232 active cases.It is entering the grey-lockdown zone.
And the Simcoe-Muskoka Health Unit reports 343 and that's up 45 from yesterday. It remains a red zone.
Pre-registration for select eligible groups on the province’s Phase 1 roll out plan is now open on the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit’s website.
Eligible groups who can pre-register include highest, very high and high priority frontline health care workers in accordance with the Ministry of Health’s Guidance on Health Care Worker Prioritization; essential caregivers of residents in long-term care and retirement homes; all Indigenous adults and their household members; and adult recipients of chronic home care. To pre-register, or for more information about COVID-19 and the vaccine roll out visit www.smdhu.org.
In northern Ontario, the breakdown of Public Health Ontario data is:
- North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit: 268 cases, rate of 206.5 per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 270 cases. There are three known active cases. There are two confirmed cases of the United Kingdom (B.1.1.7) variant, and 20 confirmed cases of the South African (B.1.351) variant of concern. The region is in the red - control zone.
- Public Health Sudbury and Districts: 876 cases, rate of 440.2 per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 896. There are 263 known active cases. There are three confirmed variants of concern (VOC) cases, both are the UK (B.1.1.7) strain. The region is in the grey - lockdown zone.
- Timiskaming Health Unit: 105 cases, rate of 321.2 per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 106 cases. There are eight known active cases. There is one confirmed case of the South African (B.1.351) variant of concern. The region is in the orange - restrict zone.
- Algoma Public Health: 201 cases, rate of 175.6 per 100,000 people. There are seven known active cases, including two people not from Algoma who are temporarily in the region. The region is in the yellow - protect zone.
- Porcupine Health Unit: 344 cases, rate of 412.3 per 100,000 people. There are three known active cases. There are two confirmed cases of the South African (B.1.351) variant of concern. The region is in the orange - restrict zone.
- Northwestern Health Unit: 548 cases, rate of 625 per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 560 cases. There are 68 known active cases. There is one confirmed case of the UK (B.1.1.7) variant. The region is in the yellow - protect zone.
- Thunder Bay District Health Unit: 2,208 cases, rate of 1,472.4 per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 2,256 cases, There are 435 known active cases. The region is in the grey - lockdown level.
Public Health Ontario has reported 1,374 new cases of COVID-19 today (March 12).
Today's report includes 18 new deaths, including one person between 40 and 59 years old, eight people between 60 and 79 years old, and nine people aged 80 or older.
The province has reported 65 new hospitalizations since yesterday, and 10 new admissions of COVID-19 patients to intensive care units.
The March 12 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:
- 1,124 recoveries
- 11,512 active cases, which is up from 11,283 yesterday
- 676 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario, down from 680 reported yesterday.
- There are 282 COVID patients in intensive care units (up from 277 yesterday) and 189 COVID patients on ventilators (up from 184 yesterday)
- The province reported 64,611 tests were processed yesterday resulting in a 2.4 per cent positivity rate.
- Another 36,744 tests are still under investigation and/or being processed. To date, 11.6 million tests have been completed.
- Of the 1,374 new cases reported today, 371 are from Toronto, 225 cases are from Peel, 111 are from York Region, and 43 are from Simcoe-Muskoka
- There are 78 active outbreaks at long-term care homes, 51 at retirement homes, and 20 at hospitals.
- The new cases reported today include 283 individuals aged 19 and under, 504 people between 20 and 39 years old, 359 people between 40 and 59 years old, 183 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 41 people aged 80 and over.
Variants of concern (Ontario-wide)
- 1,005 lab-confirmed cases of the UK variant strain of COVID-19 (B.1.1.7).
- 42 cases of B.1.351 (also known as the South African variant).
- 34 cases of P.1, which is the variant strain that originated in Brazil.
- Another 6,859 cases have screened positive with a mutation detected, but the lineage for the variant strain not yet detected.
- According to Public Health Ontario, there are delays between specimen collection and the testing required to confirm a variant of concern. As such, the reports can change and can differ from past case counts publicly reported.
Vaccines
- There were 43,503 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 administered on March 11, which is up from 40,610 administered on Mar. 10.
- As of 8 p.m. on March 11, the province reported 1,062,910 doses of vaccine against COVID-19 have been administered.
- In total, 282,748 people have been fully vaccinated.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 314,891 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 296,252 recoveries and 7,127 deaths, of which 3,877 were individuals living in long-term care homes.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 2,118.4 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.
The weekly incidence rate in Ontario is 56.3 cases per 100,000 people, which is an increase of 9.1 per cent from last week (Feb. 24 - Mar. 2).
Meanwhile, the Ontario government is moving three public health regions to new levels in the revised and strengthened Keeping Ontario Safe and Open Framework, including moving Lambton Public Health into Grey-Lockdown. Decisions were made in consultation with the local medical officers of health and are based on the trends in public health indicators and local context and conditions.
"The latest modelling suggests we are at a critical stage in our fight against this devastating virus, and that the actions we take now will help ensure people stay safe," said Christine Elliott, Minister of Health.
Based on the latest data, the following three public health regions will be moving from their current level in the Framework to the following levels effective Monday, March 15, 2021 at 12:01 a.m.:
- Lambton Public Health
Red-Control
- Northwestern Health Unit
Yellow-Protect
- Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit.
Effective today at 12:01 a.m., the government activated an "emergency brake" in the Public Health Sudbury and Districts region, moving it to the Grey-Lockdown level. The decision was made due to the concerning trends in public health indicators and in consultation with the local medical officer of health.
Visit Ontario.ca/covidresponse for the full list of public health region classifications.
Find out what level and which public health and workplace safety measures are in place for your area.
Visit Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine web page to view the latest provincial data and information on COVID-19 vaccines.
