For the first time since this spring, Niagara is reporting over 100 active cases of COVID-19.
On Friday 11 cases were reported by Public Health, spread across all municipalities excluding Niagara-on-the-Lake, which reports zero active cases.
Among the 105 active cases, 9.3 percent are hospitalized.
Over half of all cases are listed as non-outbreak cases, with close contact with an already known case as the primary route of infection.
Close to one-third of all cases are believed to be community transmission.
The predominant age group in which cases have been found is 20-39, followed by ages 40-59.
There are two ongoing outbreaks in long-term care- or retirement homes in the region.
Provincial update:
Ontario Public Health announced its highest daily figure for positive COVID-19 cases with 732 reported today.
There have now been 52,980 lab-confirmed cases in the province, of which 44,850 people have recovered, including 428 patients since yesterday's report.
There are currently 5,203 active cases in Ontario.
There have also been two more fatalities linked to the virus, bringing the death toll to 2,927. According to Ontario Public Health, there were 74 deaths reported for cases that occurred in the spring or summer that are now being recorded as part of a "data review and data cleaning initiative."
Ahead of today's numbers being released, Minister of Health Christine Elliott Tweeted that due to a data review at Toronto Public Health, "a number of cases and deaths that occurred in the spring or summer are being reported today."
Approximately two-thirds of all deaths in Ontario (1,909) have occurred in long-term care facilities.
Earlier this week, the province hit a high-water mark for new daily cases with 700 announced on Monday. That number fell to 554 on Tuesday, jumped again to 625 on Wednesday before dropping to 538 on Thursday.
Since yesterday's report, 40,093 new tests have been completed in the previous 24-hour period, bringing the provincial total to more than four million now. Of those, 90,513 remain under investigation.
There are 167 hospitalized with COVID-19, 38 of whom are in intensive care. Twenty-one patients are on ventilators, which is an increase of four since yesterday.
