Ontario reports 89 new COVID-19 cases, three new deaths

Ontario is reporting 89 new cases of COVID-19 and three new deaths.

This is the second day in a row new case numbers have been under 100.

Health Minister Christine Elliott says 28 of the province’s 34 public health units are reporting five or fewer cases, with 17 reporting no new ones.

She says the number of people in hospital, in intensive care and on a ventilator all went down.

For the second day in a row, Ontario is reporting fewer than 100 new cases of #COVID19, with 89 new cases, a 0.2% increase. Locally, 28 of the province’s 34 public health uni                zs are reporting five or fewer cases, with 17 of them reporting no new cases.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) July 30, 2020

Thursday’s numbers put the total number of cases at 39,075.

An additional 165 people have recovered from the virus, which means about 89 per cent of cases are recovered.

2,772 people have died.

Here’s how the numbers break down in our region:

Niagara: 2 new cases, 75 active cases

Haldimand-Norfolk: 0 new cases, 29 active cases

Brant: 1 new case, 7 active cases

Hamilton: 0 new cases, 6 active cases

Halton: 0 new cases, 24 active cases

This is based on data from the local public health units.