Public Health Ontario is again reporting a daily case increase below 300 with 292 new COVID-19 cases confirmed today.
Today’s new cases add a 1.1 per cent increase to the total number of cases in the province.
Testing is also up by about 50 per cent with the province reporting 15,133 tests processed since the last report, and since Premier Doug Ford announced anyone that wanted a test could get one, even without a symptom. There are 11,817 tests awaiting results from a lab.
There were also 32 new deaths reported in today’s update from the province.
Of those 32 people who died, two people were between the ages of 40 and 59, 10 people were between the ages of 60 and 79, and 20 people were over the age of 80.
There are currently 847 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the province, including 150 in intensive care and 117 patients on ventilators.
The province has reported a total of 26,483 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, and of those 20,372 are considered recovered (76.9 per cent).
More than 65 per cent of the total cases in Ontario have been reported by Greater Toronto Area public health units.
Of the total number of cases confirmed, 4,936 are long-term care residents (18.6 per cent), and 1,721 (6.5 per cent) are health care workers working at a facility that was or is in outbreak.
Public Health Ontario reports a total of 2,155 deaths related to COVID-19, and of those 1,352 have been long-term care residents (62.7 per cent) and four have been long-term care home staff.
However, that report lags behind the daily update provided by the Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care, which reports there are 1,587 long-term care resident deaths, and six staff deaths.
In total, there have been 298 outbreaks at long-term care homes, 136 at retirement homes, and 84 at hospitals. Not all remain active outbreaks.
The provincial government has extended its emergency orders for COVID-19 to June 9. Those orders include restricting gatherings to five people or fewer, the closure of playgrounds and swimming pools, and the closure of restaurants and bars except for takeout.
There have been 457 cases confirmed in the Simcoe-Muskoka region, and 350 people have been reported as recovered. There have been 36 deaths in the region, and 35 of those occurred in Simcoe County.
The case breakdown by municipality, according to the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, is as follows:
Barrie (149 cases, 112 recoveries, 14 deaths, 1 in hospital), Bradford West Gwillimbury (98 cases, 76 recoveries, 12 deaths, 1 in hospital), New Tecumseth (48 cases, 32 recoveries, 3 in hospital, one death), Orillia (17 cases, 13 recoveries, 2 deaths, one in hospital), Collingwood (15 cases, 11 recoveries), Wasaga Beach (13 cases, 10 recoveries, one death), Clearview (7 cases, 6 recoveries, one death), Innisfil (34 cases, 27 recoveries, one in hospital), Springwater (8 cases, 7 recoveries, 1 death), Midland (6 cases, all recovered), Oro-Medonte (5 cases, 3 recoveries, 2 deaths), Adjala-Tosorontio (7 cases, all recovered), Essa (11 cases, 7 recoveries, 1 death), Ramara (7 cases, 4 recoveries), Tiny (3 cases, 2 recoveries), Tay (5 cases, 3 recoveries, 1 in hospital), Penetanguishene (3 cases, all recovered), and Severn (3 cases, all recovered).
The case rate (including lab-confirmed cases only) for the Simcoe-Muskoka region is 75.2 cases per 100,000 population. The provincial average is 178.2 cases per 100,000 population.
