Ontario reports 156 new COVID-19 cases, including 3 in greater Kawarthas region Regional active cases decrease to 28 with 2 new cases in Hastings Prince Edward and 1 in Haliburton By kawarthaNOW - Published 16shares Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region. On the first day of step three of its reopening plan, Ontario is reporting 159 new COVID-19 cases, with only 4 of Ontario’s 34 health units reporting double-digit increases — Grey Bruce (34), Waterloo (25), Toronto (23), Peel (12) — and 15 health units reporting no new cases at all. The seven-day average of daily cases has decreased by 4 to 151. Hospitalizations have decreased by 6 from yesterday to 159, with the number of ICU patients falling by 10 to 158 and the number of patients on ventilators decreasing by 2 to 112.