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Ontario reports 1,616 new COVID cases Tuesday

Today's report includes 2,502 recoveries and 17 new deaths
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Public Health Ontario has reported 1,616 new cases of COVID-19 today (May 17). 

Today's report includes 2,502 recoveries and 17 new deaths.

The May 17 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:

  • 1,484 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario, up from 1,320 reported yesterday. 
  • There are 764 patients in intensive care units because of COVID-19 (down from 779 yesterday) and 559 COVID patients on ventilators (up from 536 reported yesterday).
  • Of the new cases reported today, 472 are from Toronto, 360 cases are from Peel, and 116 are from York Region
  • Today's cases include 349 individuals aged 19 and under, 688 people between 20 and 39 years old, 392 people between 40 and 59 years old, 168 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 25 people aged 80 and over.

Vaccines

  • As of 6 p.m. on May 17, the province reported 7,286,177 doses of vaccine against COVID-19 have been administered.

Public Health Ontario has confirmed 513,102 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 479,630 recoveries and 8,506 deaths.

Ontario's average weekly incidence rate is 114.3 cases per 100,000 people, which is down by 18.5 per cent from the previous seven-day period. 

There is a provincial shutdown and stay-at-home order in effect until further notice. For more details on the latest regulations, visit the Ontario website here.

Simcoe-Muskoka

Yesterday, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported 141 new COVID cases in the region between Friday and Monday. 

There are 1,022 active, lab-confirmed cases in the region, and of those, 759 are variant cases. 

Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 11,415 cases of COVID-19 with 9,604 of those cases recovered and 241 cases ending in death. 

There are 26 people from Simcoe County and one from Muskoka District hospitalized with COVID-19, which includes three new hospitalizations since Friday's update.