COVID-19: What you need to know for August 26 – TVO

The latest coronavirus updates from across the province

Per today’s government report, there are 678 new cases in Ontario, for a total of 561,975 since the pandemic began; 302 people are in hospital testing positive for COVID-19, while 165 are in intensive care who either previously tested positive or have currently tested positive, and 89 patients are on ventilators. To date, 9,472 people have died.
According to data from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, there are 4 outbreaks in long-term-care facilities, 10 confirmed active cases of positive residents, and 9 confirmed active cases of positive staff. To date, there have been 3,793 confirmed resident deaths and 13 confirmed staff deaths.