Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 1,794 new cases today, with 4 of Ontario’s 34 health units (Toronto, Peel, Durham, and York) reporting triple-digit case increases. The seven-day average of daily cases has fallen below 2,000 for the first time since March 28. The proportion of active cases has fallen for the 33rd straight day.
Hospitalizations, ICU admissions, and ventilated patients have all decreased, with 20 new deaths reported, including 2 in long-term care homes.
Ontario has administered almost 8 million vaccine doses and the rate of vaccinations continues to climb. For the second day in a row, a record number of doses of vaccine were administered and a record number of Ontarians received their second dose of vaccine. Almost 54% of Ontario’s total population has now received at least one dose of vaccine, with over 3.5% of all Ontarians fully vaccinated.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 21 new cases to report (including 9 in Peterborough, 6 in Kawartha Lakes, 5 in Hastings Prince Edward, and 1 in Northumberland) with an additional 25 cases resolved. The net number of active cases across the region remain unchanged at 272, with active cases increasing by 6 in Kawartha Lakes and by 3 in Peterborough, but decreasing by 5 in Hastings Prince Edward, by 3 in Northumberland, and by 1 in Haliburton. See below for details from each individual health unit.
Most of the new cases reported today are in Toronto (416), Peel (355), Durham (147), and York (140).
There are double-digit increases reported today in Hamilton (90), Ottawa (87), Halton (78), Waterloo (64), Middlesex-London (58), Simcoe Muskoka (55), Niagara (47), Porcupine (46), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (40), Windsor-Essex (33), Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (27), Brant (19), Peterborough (13), Southwestern (13), and Eastern Ontario (12), with smaller increases in Huron Perth (7), Haldimand-Norfolk (7), Sudbury (6), and Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (6).
The remaining 11 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with all reporting at least 1 case.
Of today’s new cases, 62% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (750) among people ages 20-39 followed by 461 cases among people ages 40-59 and 370 cases among people 19 and under.
With 2,520 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.1% to at 94.2% — the 33rd straight day the percentage of resolved cases has increased. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 0.6% to 6.0%, meaning that 60 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on May 21.
Ontario is reporting 20 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 2 new deaths in long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 21 new daily deaths over the past week (no change from yesterday).
Hospitalizations have decreased by 58 to 1,207, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs decreasing by 9 to 706 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators decreasing by 6 to 504.
A total of 34,576 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 1,553 to 18,338.
A total of 7,925,277 doses of vaccine have now been administered, a record increase of 190,129 from yesterday, and 519,981 people have been fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, a record increase of 24,224 from yesterday.
The number of fully vaccinated people represents 3.53% of Ontario’s population, an increase of 0.17% from yesterday, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 53.79% of the total population, an increase of 1.29% from yesterday. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 21 new cases to report, including 9 in Peterborough, 6 in Kawartha Lakes, 5 in Hastings Prince Edward, and 1 in Northumberland. There are no new cases in Haliburton.
An outbreak at an unidentified workplace in Belleville, involving 1 case, was declared on May 21.
There are 33 new regional cases of variants of concern, including 10 in Hastings Prince Edward, 8 in Peterborough, 9 in Northumberland, and 6 in Kawartha Lakes.
An additional 25 cases have been resolved, including 10 in Hastings Prince Edward, 7 in Peterborough, 4 in Northumberland, 3 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Haliburton. An outbreak at OPP Offender Transport Lindsay has been declared resolved. An outbreak at an unidentified workplace in Central Hastings was declared resolved on May 22.
There are currently 272 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region (no net change from yesterday), including 112 in Peterborough, 80 in Kawartha Lakes, 43 in Hastings Prince Edward (12 in Quinte West, 12 in Belleville, 2 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 3 in Prince Edward County, 11 in Central Hastings, and 3 in North Hastings), 34 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,453 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,323 resolved with 18 deaths), 885 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (762 resolved with 56 deaths), 898 in Northumberland County (847 resolved with 17 deaths), 118 in Haliburton County (114 resolved with 1 death), and 1,094 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,040 resolved with 11 deaths). The two most recent deaths were reported in Northumberland and Hastings Prince Edward on May 20.
The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 4 p.m. the previous day, as well as from systems in Toronto, Ottawa, and Middlesex-London at 2 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. There may be discrepancies between the Ontario data reported today (which is from yesterday) and the local health unit data reported today (which is from today).
Peterborough Public Health
Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.
The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 1,453 (increase of 10)*
Total variants of concern cases: 629 (increase of 8)
Active cases: 112 (increase of 3)
Close contacts: 371 (decrease of 9)
Deaths: 18 (no change)
Resolved: 1,323 (increase of 7)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 63 (no change)**
ICU admissions (total to date): 14 (no change)
Total tests completed: Over 51,900 (increase of 50)
Total vaccine doses administered (residents and non-residents): 69,989 (increase of 3,944 as of May 20)
Number of residents who have received first dose: 64,199 (increase of 3,675 as of May 20)
Number of residents fully vaccinated: 4,852 (increase of 277 as of May 20)
Outbreaks: Unidentified congregate living facility #3 in the City of Peterborough, Helping Hands Day Care in Peterborough County, Unidentified workplace #9 in Peterborough County, Unidentified workplace #10 in Peterborough County, Peterborough Day Care Centre in the City of Peterborough, Fairhaven long-term care home in Peterborough (no change)
*The health unit is reporting 9 new cases in the last 24 hours. The total case count has increased by 10 because 1 case has been added to a previous day.
**As of May 20, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 7 patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 (decrease of 1) and a total of 75 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (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.
The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding Sundays and statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 1,901, including 885 in Kawartha Lakes, 898 in Northumberland, and 118 in Haliburton (increase of 7, including 6 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland)*
Total variants of concern cases: 586, including 252 in Kawartha Lakes, 301 in Northumberland, and 33 in Haliburton (increase of 15, including 6 in Kawartha Lakes and 9 in Northumberland)
Active cases: 117, including 80 in Kawartha Lakes, 34 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (net increase of 2)
Probable cases: None (no change)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 70, including 36 in Kawartha Lakes, 31 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (no change)**
Deaths (including among probable cases): 74, including 56 in Kawartha Lakes, 17 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change)
Resolved: 1,723, including 762 in Kawartha Lakes, 847 in Northumberland, and 114 in Haliburton (increase of 8, including 3 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton)
Tests completed: 190,825 (increase of 386)
Vaccine doses administered to residents: 85,785 (increase of 6,353 as of May 17)
Number of residents fully vaccinated: 4,877 (increase of 415 as of May 17)
Outbreaks: Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Campbellford Farm Supply LTD (decrease of 1)***
*The health unit states that total counts and counts for individual counties may fluctuate from previously reported counts as cases are transferred to or from the health unit based on case investigation details and routine data cleaning.
**As of May 21, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 3 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (decrease of 1).
***An outbreak at OPP Offender Transport Lindsay has been declared resolved.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.
The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 1,094 (increase of 5)
Confirmed variants of concern cases: 460 (increase of 10)
Active cases: 43 (decrease of 5)
Deaths: 11 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 11 (decrease of 1)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 6 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 6 (no change)
Resolved: 1,040 (increase of 12)
Tests completed: 139,872 (no change)
Vaccine doses administered: 83,370 (increase of 1,526)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 6,706 (increase of 100)
Outbreaks: Quinte 5 at QHC Belleville General Hospital, Community outbreak in Hastings Highlands in North Hastings, Unidentified workplace in Belleville (no net change)*
*An outbreak at an unidentified workplace in Belleville, involving 1 case, was declared on May 21. An outbreak at an unidentified workplace in Central Hastings was declared resolved on May 22.
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 520,774 (increase of 1,794)
COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) cases: 116,921 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 1,122); 783 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (increase of 92); 2,317 of P.1 Brazilian variant (increase of 173)
VOC R(t): 0.83 (decrease of 0.01 as of May 16)*
7-day average of daily new cases: 1,951 (decrease of 113)
Positivity rate: 6.0% (increase of 0.6%)
Resolved: 490,721 (increase of 2,520), 94.2% of all cases (increase of 0.1%)
Hospitalizations: 1,207 (decrease of 58)
Hospitalizations in ICU: 706 (decrease of 9)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 504 (decrease of 6)
Deaths: 8,599 (increase of 20)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 21 (no change)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,947 (increase of 2)
Total tests completed: 14,973,489 (increase of 34,576)
Tests under investigation: 18,338 (decrease of 1,553)
Vaccination doses administered: 7,925,277 (increase of 190,129), 53.79% of Ontario’s population (increase of 1.29%)**
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 519,981 (increase of 24,224), 3.53% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.17%)**
*R(t) is a virus’s effective reproduction number, which is the average number of new infections caused by a single infected individual at a specific time (t) in a partially immunized population. To successfully eliminate a disease from a population, R(t) needs to be less than 1.
**An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.
