Ontario has confirmed 326 cases of monkeypox with 11 individuals hospitalized including two requiring intensive care.
However, there have been no deaths in the province attributed to the virus, according to the latest update on the global health emergency released Tuesday by Public Health Ontario (PHO).
Local public health units reported 250 cases in Toronto, 23 in Ottawa, 10 in Middlesex-London, eight in Hamilton, seven in Halton Region, five in Durham Region, three each in Peel Region and Simcoe Muskoka and two or fewer cases in a number of other areas of the province.
“The most commonly reported risk factors include engaging in sexual or intimate contact (such as hugging, kissing, cuddling) with new and/or more than one partner,” PHO reported. “Travel, being immunocompromised, or having close contact with someone from outside of the province were less commonly reported.”
While anyone can contract monkeypox, all but two of the cases in Ontario were in men and the average age was 36 years-old.
Another nine probable cases include seven men and two women.
The three most common systems reported were a rash, oral/genital lesions and fever.
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