Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 870 new cases today, the fourth straight day of increases under 1,000. For the fifth day in a row, only Toronto and Peel are reporting triple-digit increases, and half of Ontario’s 34 health units are reporting 5 or fewer cases. The seven-day average of daily cases has decreased to 940, and the proportion of active cases has declined for the 45th straight day.
There’s been a double-digit increase in hospitalizations but also a double-digit decrease in both ICU admissions and patients on ventilators. Ontario is reporting 10 new deaths, with no new deaths in long-term care homes.
With almost 9.5 million vaccine doses administered, over 64% of Ontario’s total population has received at least a single dose. There has been a record increase of second doses administered for the second day in a row, with more than 800,000 people (almost 5.7% of the total population) now fully vaccinated.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 14 new cases to report (including 9 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Peterborough, and 1 in Haliburton) and an additional 20 cases resolved, with the net number of active cases across the region decreasing by 4 to 129. Active cases have fallen in every health unit, except in Kawartha Lakes where they have increased by 4 and in Haliburton where they have increased by 1. See below for details from each individual health unit in the region.
Most of the new cases reported today are in Toronto (225) and Peel (167).
There are double-digit increases reported today in Niagara (55), Porcupine (49), Hamilton (45), Durham (44), Ottawa (43), Waterloo (37), Simcoe Muskoka (33), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (29), York (28), Middlesex-London (22), Halton (18), Windsor-Essex (17), and Brant (14), with smaller increases in Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (8) and Peterborough (7).
The remaining 17 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 5 health units reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s new cases, 59% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (314) among people ages 20-39 followed by 235 cases among people ages 40-59 and 203 cases among people 19 and under.
With 1,563 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.2% to at 96.5% — the 45th straight day the percentage of resolved cases has increased. The average positivity rate across Ontario is unchanged since yesterday at 2.8%, meaning that 28 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on June 2.
Ontario is reporting 10 new COVID-19 deaths today, with no new deaths in long-term care homes. The seven-day average of daily deaths has decreased by 1 to 15.
Hospitalizations have increased by 21 from yesterday to 729, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs decreasing by 30 to 546 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators falling by 29 to 370.
A total of 34,277 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 3,299 to 15,700.
A total of 9,493,005 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 150,884 from yesterday, and 834,981 people have been fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, a record increase of 53,818 from yesterday.
The number of fully vaccinated people represents 5.67% of Ontario’s population, an increase of 0.37% from yesterday, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 64.43% of the total population, an increase of 1.02% from yesterday. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 14 new cases to report, including 9 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Peterborough, and 1 in Haliburton. There are no new cases in Hastings Prince Edward for the third day in a row, and no new cases in Northumberland.
There are 6 new regional cases of variants of concern, including 3 in Kawartha Lakes, 2 in Peterborough, and 1 in Northumberland.
There has been 1 new hospitalization in Kawartha Lakes.
An additional 20 cases have been resolved, including 8 in Peterborough, 6 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Hastings Prince Edward, and 2 in Northumberland.
There are currently 129 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 4 since yesterday, including 68 in Kawartha Lakes, 44 in Peterborough, 9 in Northumberland, 7 in Hastings Prince Edward (4 in Belleville, 1 in Prince Edward County, and 2 in North Hastings), and 1 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,514 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,449 resolved with 21 deaths), 1,028 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (917 resolved with 56 deaths), 923 in Northumberland County (897 resolved with 17 deaths), 119 in Haliburton County (117 resolved with 1 death), and 1,121 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,103 resolved with 11 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on May 30.
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: 1,514 (increase of 5)*
Total variants of concern cases: 692 (increase of 2)
Active cases: 44 (decrease of 3)
Close contacts: 107 (decrease of 14)
Deaths: 21 (no change)
Resolved: 1,449 (increase of 8)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 68 (no change)**
ICU admissions (total to date): 15 (no change)
Total tests completed: Over 52,750 (increase of 100)
Total vaccine doses administered (residents and non-residents): 90,716 (increase of 11,566 as of June 3)
Number of residents who have received first dose: 81,390 (increase of 9,270 as of June 3)
Number of residents fully vaccinated: 9,388 (increase of 2,729 as of June 3)
Outbreaks: Fairhaven long-term care home in Peterborough, Unidentified workplace #11 in Peterborough, Riverview Manor long-term care home in Peterborough (no change)
*The health unit is reporting 4 new cases in the last 24 hours. The total case count has increased by 5 because 1 case has been added to a previous day.
**As of June 3, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 4 patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 (decrease of 1) and a total of 76 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: 2,070, including 1,028 in Kawartha Lakes, 923 in Northumberland, and 119 in Haliburton (increase of 10, including 9 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Haliburton)*
Total variants of concern cases: 734, including 375 in Kawartha Lakes, 326 in Northumberland, and 33 in Haliburton (increase of 4, including 3 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland)
Active cases: 78, including 68 in Kawartha Lakes, 9 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (net increase of 3, including increase of 4 in Kawartha Lakes, decrease of 2 in Northumberland, and increase of 1 in Haliburton)
Probable cases: 2 (increase of 1 in Kawartha Lakes)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 76, including 42 in Kawartha Lakes, 31 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Kawartha Lakes)**
Deaths (including among probable cases): 74, including 56 in Kawartha Lakes, 17 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change)
Resolved: 1,931, including 917 in Kawartha Lakes, 897 in Northumberland, and 117 in Haliburton (increase of 8, including 6 in Kawartha Lakes and 2 in Northumberland)
Tests completed: 195,512 (increase of 432)
Vaccine doses administered to residents: 104,784 (increase of 8,863 as of May 31)
Number of residents fully vaccinated: 11,108 (increase of 3,773 as of May 31)
Outbreaks: Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Medi-Share Inc. in Lindsay (no change)
*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 June 3, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports no patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change).
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: 1,121 (no change)
Confirmed variants of concern cases: 489 (no change)
Active cases: 7 (decrease of 4)
Deaths: 11 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 5 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 2 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 1 (no change)
Resolved: 1,103 (increase of 5)
Tests completed: 145,490 (no change)
Vaccine doses administered: 101,896 (increase of 2,570)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 8,758 (increase of 502)
Outbreaks: None (no change)
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 533,761 (increase of 870)
COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) cases: 128,559 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 914); 954 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (increase of 2); 2,921 of P.1 Brazilian variant (increase of 10)
VOC R(t): 0.72 (no change as of June 2)*
7-day average of daily new cases: 940 (decrease of 38)
Positivity rate: 2.8% (no change)
Resolved: 514,999 (increase of 1,563), 96.5% of all cases (increase of 0.2%)
Hospitalizations: 729 (increase of 21)
Hospitalizations in ICU: 546 (decrease of 30)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 370 (decrease of 29)
Deaths: 8,801 (increase of 10)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 15 (decrease of 1)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,951 (no change)
Total tests completed: 15,308,960 (increase of 34,277)
Tests under investigation: 15,700 (decrease of 3,299)
Vaccination doses administered: 9,493,005 (increase of 150,884), 64.43% of Ontario’s total population (increase of 1.02%)**
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 834,981 (increase of 53,818), 5.67% of Ontario’s total population (increase of 0.37%)**
*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.
