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Ontario reports 163 new COVID-19 cases today

The province is reporting a 24 per cent drop in new cases compared to yesterday
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Ontario's active cases of COVID-19 have decreased today with 163 new cases reported and 229 new recoveries reported. 

Today's new cases have dropped by 24 per cent compared to yesterday's reported 216 new cases.

Testing has edged back up to over 20,000 with 23,207 processed tests reported today, which is an increase over the 16,000 reported completed yesterday. 

Yesterday, the province reported its first death in a person under the age of 19. 

According to reports by the CBC, Toronto Public Health reported the death of a girl under the age of 10, but public health officials reported the girl died with COVID-19, not as a result of COVID-19. Her death is still under investigation by the Ontario coroner's office. 

Public Health Ontario reported 12 more deaths today including one person between the ages of 40 and 59, five people between the ages of 60 and 79, and six people over the age of 80. 

The province has reported a total of 2,631 deaths attributed to the coronavirus to-date, which is 7.7 per cent of all cases confirmed in Ontario. 

There have been 34,016 cases confirmed so far, with 29,336 of those cases (86.2 per cent) now reported recovered.

Of the remaining 2,049 active cases of COVID in the province, 278 people are hospitalized with 73 people in intensive care and 48 patients on ventilators with COVID-19. 

According to today's report there are now 73 active outbreaks at long-term care homes, 17 at retirement homes, and four at hospitals. Cumulatively, there have been 355 outbreaks at long-term care homes, 153 at retirement homes, and 90 at hospitals in Ontario.

The incidence rate for COVID-19 in Ontario is 228.8 cases per 100,000 people in the population.

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has confirmed 575 cases of COVID-19 in the region to-date, and 467 are reported as recovered (81 per cent). There have been 36 deaths in the region linked to the coronavirus.

There are 72 active cases of COVID-19 in the region (69 in Simcoe County), including five people who have been hospitalized with the virus.

The incidence rate for COVID-19 infections in Simcoe-Muskoka region is 96.2 cases per 100,000 people in the population. 

Case breakdown by municipality for Simcoe County as of June 23

Municipality Total cases Recoveries Deaths Hospitalized Last case reported
Barrie 175 146 14   June 23
Bradford W-G 119 96 12   June 23
New Tecumseth 72 50 1 2 June 23
Innisfil 46 38   1 June 23
Orillia 18 14 2 1 June 23
Collingwood 15 15     May 19
Wasaga Beach 15 13 1   June 19
Clearview 8 6 1   June 15
Springwater 13 11 1   June 22
Midland 6 6     April 29
Oro-Medonte 6 4 2   June 1
Adjala-Tosorontio 9 8     June 16
Essa 15 13 1   June 19
Ramara 10 7     June 23
Tiny 4 3     June 22
Tay 5 5     May 19
Penetanguishene 6 6     June 12
Severn 10 7   1 June 23

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