Oshawa area currently has the 6th highest COVID-19 positivity in Ontario

Published July 31, 2021 at 4:45 pm

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An area in Oshawa currently has the sixth highest COVID-19 positivity in Ontario.

Toronto-based research group ICES listed postal code areas in Ontario with the highest percent positivity rates for the week of July 18 to 24.

The area with the sixth highest positivity is postal code area L1H in Oshawa.

Out of Ontario’s 34 public health units, Durham is listed 9th at 1.19%, surpassing Ontario overall which is listed 13th at 0.94%.

The top 15 public health units are listed above

For all Ontario residents, the percent positivity among those tested for COVID-19 during the week of July 4 was 1.0%, compared to 1.2% in the previous week. 9,459,198 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ontario to date.

The full data is available to read here.

Data courtesy of ICES, photo courtesy of The Canadian Press

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