Ontario reports 987 new COVID-19 cases, 16 deaths

Ontario is reporting 987 new cases of COVID-19 and 16 deaths.

Another 945 cases have been resolved.

Those numbers come as the province completed 28,567 tests.

Ontario is reporting 987 cases of #COVID19. Locally, there are 319 new cases in Toronto, 299 in Peel, 85 in York Region and 62 in Durham. There are 945 more resolved cases and nearly 28,600 tests completed.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) November 4, 2020

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

Haldimand-Norfolk: 5 new cases, 26 active cases

Brant: 12 new cases, 66 active cases, 4 in hospital

Niagara: 20 new cases, 199 active cases, 3 in hospital

Hamilton: 65 new cases, 221 active cases, 6 in hospital

Halton: 49 new cases, 309 active cases, 10 in hospital

The provincial death toll is now 3,182 people.

There are 367 people in hospital with the virus. Of those, 75 are in intensive care, while 44 of those are on ventilators.

Health authorities say they’ve learned a lot about how COVID-19 is transmitted

Another 116 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the province’s schools.