More than 115 people who viewed the solar eclipse in Ontario earlier this month suffered eye damage after the event, according to the province’s ophthalmologists.

The Ontario Association of Optometrists (OAO) says it has received 118 cases of eye complications reported since April 8.

Corneal inflammation, dry eyes and solar retinopathy are among the conditions reported, the OAO said in a statement to CTV News Toronto.

A spokesperson said that while corneal inflammation typically heals over the course of a few days, solar retinopathy can cause permanent vision loss in extreme cases.

“The severity of cases depends on which part of the retina is affected and how long the patient was looking at the sun,” the OAO said.

Before April 8, government and health officials had warned about the dangers of looking directly at the sun during the eclipse. Those who participated were advised to wear certified eclipse viewing glasses to avoid eye damage.

The OAO said the cases were not concentrated in any part of the province and spanned from Windsor to Ottawa.

Geographically, most of Ontario was not in the so-called path of totality, when the sun became completely blocked by the path of the moon. Cities along the way, including Hamilton and Niagara Falls, were largely affected by cloud cover.

That cloud cover, along with the fact that so many people were wearing eclipse glasses, likely helped limit the number of reports of eye complications the OAO received, the organization said.

In Quebec, where parts of the province experienced totality for a few minutes, 28 cases of eye injuries had been reported as of April 17.