Ontario reports 1,707 new COVID-19 cases, seven deaths

Ontario is reporting 1,707 new cases of COVID-19 and seven deaths.

This comes as the province completed 34,640 tests with another 34,046 under investigation.

Ontario is reporting 1,707 cases of #COVID19. Locally, there are 727 new cases in Toronto, 373 in Peel and 168 in York Region. There are 1,373 more resolved cases and over 34,600 tests completed.

Today’s numbers will be available at 10:30 a.m. at https://t.co/ypmgZcdsmV.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) December 1, 2020

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

Haldimand-Norfolk: 2 new cases,43 active cases

Brant: 8 new cases, 70 active cases, 6 in hospital

Niagara: 20 new cases, 207 active cases, 9 in hospital

Halton: 52 new cases, 774 active cases, 19 in hospital

Hamilton: 108 new cases, 565 active cases, 6 deaths, 23 in hospital

According to the City of Hamilton, the deaths reported Tuesday are in people 70 and older who are living in facilities that have declared COVID-19 outbreaks.

Across the province the death toll is now 3,663 people, nearly two-thirds of those are residents of long-term care homes.

There are 645 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 across the province. There are 185 in intensive care, with 112 of those on ventilators.

Another 1,373 cases have been marked as resolved.

There were 299 cases of COVID-19 reported in the province’s schools.