Public Health Ontario has reported 304 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, which is a 1.3 per cent increase in the total number of provincial cases.
The agency is also reporting 278 recoveries and 23 deaths in today’s update.
The deaths reported today include one person between the age of 40 and 59, 11 people between the ages of 60 and 79 and 11 people over the age of 80.
The province is reporting another 9,155 test results processed with 2,189 awaiting results. This brings the total number of tests completed in the province to-date to 553,981.
There are now 972 people hospitalized with COVID-19, including 174 patients in intensive care and 133 on ventilators.
Public Health Ontario has reported 22,957 lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, and of those, 17,638 people have recovered (76.8 per cent), and 1,904 people have died (8.3 per cent).
The Ministry of Long-Term Care has confirmed 189 outbreaks at long-term care homes with 2,526 confirmed cases in residents, 1,606 confirmed cases in staff, 1,389 deaths of residents and five staff deaths.
The ministry also reports there have been 85 outbreaks resolved in long-term care homes since the start of the pandemic.
Public Health Ontario is reporting 276 outbreaks at long-term care homes, 114 at retirement homes and 77 at hospitals. All of those totals are cumulative and include outbreaks that have been resolved. The province’s public health agency has reported 910 deaths of residents in long-term care, 159 deaths of residents at retirement homes, and 52 hospital patient deaths related to outbreaks.
Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has confirmed 406 cases of COVID-19 in the Simcoe-Muskoka region, including 263 recoveries and 32 deaths. There are nine residents from the region hospitalized. The health unit announced it will not be updating its website over the long weekend, but will provide a local update on COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, May 19.
Public Health Ontario is reporting there are 425 cases in the Simcoe-Muskoka region.
The breakdown of cases in each municipality, according to the health unit as of Friday, May 17, is as follows:
Barrie (137 cases, 77 recoveries, 10 deaths, 1 in hospital), Bradford West Gwillimbury (88 cases, 62 recoveries, 12 deaths, 2 in hospital), New Tecumseth (33 cases, 21 recoveries, 2 in hospital, one death), Orillia (16 cases, 12 recoveries, 2 deaths), Collingwood (15 cases, 9 recoveries, 1 in hospital), Innisfil (29 cases, 19 recoveries), Springwater (8 cases, 5 recoveries, 1 death), Midland (6 cases, all recovered), Wasaga Beach (11 cases, 7 recoveries, 1 death), Oro-Medonte (5 cases, 2 recoveries, 2 deaths, 1 in hospital), Adjala-Tosorontio (7 cases, all recovered), Clearview (7 cases, 5 recoveries, one death), Essa (8 cases, 7 recoveries, 1 death), Ramara (5 cases, 2 recoveries), Tiny (3 cases, 2 recoveries), Tay (3 cases, 1 in hospital), Penetanguishene (3 cases, 2 recoveries), and Severn (3 cases, 1 recovered) for a total of 387 cases in Simcoe County, including 247 recoveries and eight hospitalizations.
There are also 19 confirmed positive cases in Muskoka, and 16 have recovered, one person from Muskoka Lakes has died.
The case rate (including lab-confirmed cases only) for Simcoe-Muskoka region is 70.9 cases per 100,000 population. The provincial average is 154.4 cases per 100,000 population.
