Ontario reports decrease in coronavirus cases for fourth day in a row

There were 111 new cases reported by provincial Health officials on Tuesday, which brings Ontario’s total to 38,910.

There were four new coronavirus-related deaths reported in Ontario, which takes the total number to 2,768 and there are now 106 resolved cases—making up almost 89 percent of infections.

The province saw a spike in cases on Friday at 195, followed by 138 on Saturday, 137 cases on Sunday and on Monday there were 119.

Ontario hospitals are caring for 96 coronavirus patients and 31 of them are in an intensive care unit. Of those 31, 18 are currently using a ventilator to breathe.

The range of daily case counts has been between 103 and 203 for the past 10 days.

Most deaths in Ontario have been people over 70-years-old. There have been 11 deaths in patients between 20 and 39 years of age, 117 between 40 and 59-years-old, and 742 between 60 and 79-years-old.

Roughly 68 percent of the new cases on Tuesday were reported in people under 40-years-old.

Five or less cases were reported in 27 of the province's 34 public health units. The most new cases were reported in Ottawa with 25 and there were 22 reported in Windsor-Essex.

Health officials have conducted over 17,334 coronavirus tests in the past 24 hours. Over two million tests have been conducted since the pandemic began.

There are currently 12,919 tests under investigation.