kawarthaNOW is providing a daily report of COVID-19 cases in the greater Kawarthas region.
Here’s today summary: there are 95 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area, 166 in the City of Kawartha Lakes, 21 in Northumberland County, 9 in Haliburton County, and 43 in Hastings County and Prince Edward County.
There are no new cases to report today in Peterborough for the eighth day in a row (the last positive case was on June 20), Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, Haliburton, or Hastings and Prince Edward. The number of cases in Kawartha Lakes has been reduced by 1, due to data cleaning and the removal of a duplicate case.
There has been a total of 39 deaths. The most recent death was reported on May 7 by Hastings Prince Edward Public Health.
Province-wide, there are 34,911 confirmed cases, an increase of 257 from yesterday’s report. Of these new cases, 177 are due to an outbreak among temporary foreign workers on farms in Windsor-Essex, with a single farm accounting for 175 cases.
A total of 30,196 cases are resolved, an increase of 89 from yesterday. There have been 2,665 deaths, an increase of 7 from yesterday, with 1,706 of the deaths being residents in long-term care homes, an increase of 6. A total of 1,383,566 tests have been completed, an increase of 27,127 from yesterday, with 16,701 tests under investigation, a decrease of 12,891.
This report is based on data supplied by the province’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS), as well as any additional information supplied by health units and hospitals. This information is at least 24 hours old, so it is not real-time data.
We publish the daily report, usually by late afternoon, with the most current information released by health units. Note that each health unit reports the information in a different way.
Peterborough Public Health
Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.
Confirmed positive: 95 (no change)
Active cases: 2 (no change)
Deaths: 2 (no change)
Resolved: 91 (no change)
Total tests completed: Over 16,550 (increase of 250)
Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)
Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.
Note: effective July 3, the health unit will no longer provide reports on the weekend.
Confirmed positive: 196, including 166 in Kawartha Lakes, 21 in Northumberland, 9 in Haliburton (decrease of 1)*
Probable cases: No longer reported
Hospitalizations: 13 (no change)
Deaths: 32 (no change)
Resolved: 166 (no change)
Institutional outbreaks: Fenelon Court Long Term Care Home in Fenelon Falls (no change)
*Due to data cleaning and removal of a duplicate case, the cumulative total of cases is 1 less than the total reported yesterday.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.
Confirmed positive: 43 (no change, last positive case reported on May 18)
Probable cases: 181 (no change)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Hospitalized: 0 (no change)
Hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change)
Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 0 (no change)
Recovered: 36 (no change)
Total tests completed: 9,258 (increase of 173)
Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 34,911 (increase of 257)*
Resolved: 30,196 (increase of 89)
Hospitalized: 232 (increase of 18)
Hospitalized and in ICU: 46 (decrease of 5)
Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 35 (decrease of 1)
Deaths: 2,665 (increase of 7)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 1,706 (increase of 6, 64% of all deaths)
Total tests completed 1,383,566 (increase of 27,127)
Tests under investigation: 16,701 (decrease of 12,891)
*177 of these new cases are due to an outbreak among temporary foreign workers on farms in Windsor-Essex, with a single farm accounting for 175 cases.
For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.
