COVID-19: What you need to know for September 20 – TVO

The latest coronavirus updates from across the province

Per today’s government report, there are 610 new cases in Ontario, for a total of 580,194 since the pandemic began; 233 people are in hospital testing positive for COVID-19, while 177 are in intensive care who either previously tested positive or have currently tested positive, and 123 patients are on ventilators. To date, 9,655 people have died.
According to data from the Ministry of Long-Term Care, there are 8 outbreaks in long-term-care facilities, 31 confirmed active cases of positive residents, and 20 confirmed active cases of positive staff. To date, there have been 3,811 confirmed resident deaths and 13 confirmed staff deaths.