Public Health Ontario has reported 370 new COVID-19 cases in its latest report (June 17).
Today's update also includes 635 new recoveries and seven deaths.
The deaths reported today include one person between 20 and 39 years old, one person between 40 and 59 years old, two people between 60 and 79 years old, and three people over 79 years old.
Since yesterday's update, there have been 28 new hospitalizations, and six more COVID patients admitted to intensive care units.
The June 17 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:
- 4,390 active, lab-confirmed cases, down from 4,662 yesterday.
- 397 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario, down from 438 yesterday.
- There are 362 patients in intensive care units because of COVID-19 (65 of those people no longer test positive for COVID-19) and 232 COVID patients on ventilators (down from 242 reported yesterday).
- The province reported 30,454 tests were processed yesterday, resulting in a 1.3 per cent positivity rate.
- There are 11,462 tests still awaiting processing, and the provincial labs have processed 15.6 million tests to date.
- Of the new cases reported today, 67 are from Toronto, 47 cases are from Peel, and nine are from Simcoe-Muskoka.
- Today's cases include 90 individuals aged 19 and under, 126 people between 20 and 39 years old, 99 people between 40 and 59 years old, 48 people between 60 and 79 years old, and seven people aged 80 and over.
Vaccines
- There were 210,611 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 administered yesterday, up from 202,984 doses administered on June 15.
- 11,943,025 doses of vaccine have been administered.
- In total, 2,371,035 people have been fully vaccinated.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 541,180 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 527,797 recoveries and 8,993 deaths.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 3,640.8 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.
Ontario's average weekly incidence rate is 22.6 cases per 100,000 people, which is down by 29.4 per cent from the prior seven-day period.
Simcoe-Muskoka
Yesterday, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported nine new COVID cases.
There are 135 active cases in the region.
Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 12,172 cases of COVID-19 with 11,370 of those cases recovered and 246 cases ending in death.
There are 22 people from Simcoe County and one person from Muskoka District hospitalized with COVID-19.
The weekly incidence rate for Simcoe-Muskoka is 16 cases per 100,000 people between June 7 and 13, which is down by 29.4 per cent compared to June 1 to June 7.
