Public Health Ontario reported 356 new cases of COVID-19 this morning, and 45 more deaths attributed to the coronavirus.
That’s the highest number of deaths reported in a single day since May 11 when the province reported 56 deaths.
The latest victims of the coronavirus include one person between the ages of 40 and 59, eight people between the ages of 60 and 79, and 36 people over the age of 80.
For months now, the number of deaths reported by Public Health Ontario have lagged behind those reported by the Ministry of Long-Term Care, and they continue to do so.
Public Health Ontario has reported the deaths of 1,509 long-term care residents, but the ministry has reported 1,679 deaths of long-term care residents to-date.
As of today, Public Health Ontario has reported a total of 2,357 deaths attributed to the coronavirus.
There are 776 patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19, including 121 patients in intensive care and 94 people on a ventilator.
The province has also reported 23,208 cases have been resolved (397 of those were new recoveries reported in today’s update). A case is considered recovered or resolved once 14 days have passed since the first date of symptom onset and the person is not hospitalized.
To-date, the province has reported 29,403 cases of COVID-19, and there are 3,838 active cases remaining in the province according to the epidemiological report released today.
Since last report, Public Health Ontario confirmed there have been 20,822 COVID-19 tests processed in labs across the province.
The Ministry of Long-Term Care reports there are active outbreaks in 89 long-term care homes in Ontario.
Public Health reports there are active outbreaks at 83 retirement homes and 46 hospitals in Ontario.
There have now been 480 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the Simcoe-Muskoka region, and 401 people (83 per cent of cases) are reported recovered. Thirty-six people have died from the coronavirus, including 23 residents of two long-term care homes – Bradford Valley Care Community and Owen Hill Care Community.
There are eight people hospitalized in the region, and seven of those patients hospitalized are from Simcoe County.
Yesterday, for the first time since March, the local health unit reported zero new cases for the day.
The incidence rate (including lab-confirmed cases only) for Simcoe County is 87.8 cases per 100,000 people. The provincial average is 197.8 cases per 100,000 population.
The case breakdown by municipality, according to the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, is as follows:
- Barrie (155 cases, 130 recoveries, 14 deaths)
- Bradford West Gwillimbury (100 cases, 82 recoveries, 12 deaths, one in hospital)
- New Tecumseth (50 cases, 43 recoveries, two in hospital, one death)
- Innisfil (38 cases, 31 recoveries, two in hospital)
- Orillia (17 cases, 13 recoveries, two deaths, one in hospital)
- Collingwood (15 cases, all recovered)
- Wasaga Beach (13 cases, 12 recoveries, one death)
- Clearview (seven cases, six recoveries, one death)
- Springwater (nine cases, seven recoveries, one death)
- Midland (six cases, all recovered)
- Oro-Medonte (six cases, three recoveries, two deaths)
- Adjala-Tosorontio (seven cases, all recovered)
- Essa (13 cases, nine recoveries, one death)
- Ramara (seven cases, all recovered)
- Tiny (three cases, all recovered)
- Tay (five cases, four recoveries, one in hospital)
- Penetanguishene (four cases, three recovered)
- Severn (six cases, three recovered)
