Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 914 new cases today, the fifth straight day of increases under 1,000. For the sixth day in a row, only Toronto and Peel are reporting triple-digit increases, and almost half of Ontario’s 34 health units are reporting 5 or fewer cases. The seven-day average of daily cases has decreased to 889, and the proportion of active cases has declined for the 46th straight day.
There have been double-digit decreases in hospitalizations, ICU admissions, and patients on ventilators. Ontario is reporting 19 new deaths, including 2 new deaths in long-term care homes.
With almost 9.7 million vaccine doses administered, almost 66% of Ontario’s total population has received at least a single dose, with a record number of doses yesterday. There has also been a record increase of second doses administered for the third day in a row, with almost 900,000 people (more than 6% of the total population) now fully vaccinated.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 8 new cases to report (including 5 in Peterborough, 2 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Northumberland) and an additional 17 cases resolved, with the net number of active cases across the region decreasing by 12 to 117. Active cases have fallen in Peterborough and Hastings Prince Edward and remain unchanged from yesterday in Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton. See below for details from each individual health unit in the region.
Most of the new cases reported today are in Toronto (214) and Peel (169).
There are double-digit increases reported today in Durham (62), Hamilton (59), Porcupine (57), Waterloo (56), Ottawa (52), Halton (33), York (31), Middlesex-London (24), Simcoe Muskoka (23), Niagara (22), Windsor-Essex (17), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (17), and Thunder Bay (16), with smaller increases in Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (9), Lambton (9), and Brant (7).
The remaining 16 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 5 health units reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s new cases, 66% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (370) among people ages 20-39, followed by 231 cases among people 19 and under, and 201 cases among people ages 40-59.
With 1,397 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.1% to at 96.6% — the 46th straight day the percentage of resolved cases has increased. The average positivity rate across Ontario has remain unchanged for the second straight day at 2.8%, meaning that 28 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on June 3.
Ontario is reporting 19 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 2 new deaths in long-term care homes. The seven-day average of daily deaths has increased by 1 to 16.
Hospitalizations have decreased by 42 from yesterday to 687, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs decreasing by 24 to 522 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators decreasing by 13 to 357.
A total of 32,258 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 1,593 to 14,107.
A total of 9,661,327 doses of vaccine have now been administered, a record increase of 168,322 from yesterday, and 896,065 people have been fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, a record increase of 61,084 from yesterday.
The number of fully vaccinated people represents 6.08% of Ontario’s population, an increase of 0.41% from yesterday, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 65.58% of the total population, an increase of 1.14% from yesterday. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 8 new cases to report, including 5 in Peterborough, 2 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Northumberland. There are no new cases in Hastings Prince Edward for the fourth day in a row, and no new cases in Haliburton.
There are 5 new regional cases of variants of concern, including 4 in Peterborough and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward.
An additional 17 cases have been resolved, including 14 in Peterborough and 3 in Hastings Prince Edward.
There are currently 117 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 12 since yesterday, including 68 in Kawartha Lakes, 35 in Peterborough, 9 in Northumberland, 4 in Hastings Prince Edward (3 in Belleville and 1 in North Hastings), and 1 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,519 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,463 resolved with 21 deaths), 1,030 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (917 resolved with 56 deaths), 924 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 (1,106 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: 1,519 (increase of 5)
Total variants of concern cases: 696 (increase of 4)
Active cases: 35 (decrease of 9)
Close contacts: 101 (decrease of 6)
Deaths: 21 (no change)
Resolved: 1,463 (increase of 14)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 68 (no change)*
ICU admissions (total to date): 15 (no change)
Total tests completed: Over 52,800 (increase of 50)
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)
*As of June 4, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 3 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: 2,073, including 1,030 in Kawartha Lakes, 924 in Northumberland, and 119 in Haliburton (increase of 3, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland)*
Total variants of concern cases: 734, including 375 in Kawartha Lakes, 326 in Northumberland, and 33 in Haliburton (no change)
Active cases: 78, including 68 in Kawartha Lakes, 9 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change)
Probable cases: 2 in Kawartha Lakes (no change)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 76, including 42 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: 1,931, including 917 in Kawartha Lakes, 897 in Northumberland, and 117 in Haliburton (no change)
Tests completed: 195,512 (no change)
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 4, 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: 490 (increase of 1)
Active cases: 4 (decrease of 3)
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: 1,106 (increase of 5)
Tests completed: 145,490 (no change)
Vaccine doses administered: 104,261 (increase of 2,365)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 9,442 (increase of 684)
Outbreaks: None (no change)
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 534,675 (increase of 914)
COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) cases: 129,807 of B.1.1.7 Alpha variant (increase of 1,248); 972 of B.1.351 Beta variant (increase of 18); 2,967 of P.1 Gamma variant (increase of 46)
VOC R(t): 0.75 (increase of 0.03 as of June 3)*
7-day average of daily new cases: 889 (decrease of 51)
Positivity rate: 2.8% (no change)
Resolved: 516,396 (increase of 1,397), 96.6% of all cases (increase of 0.1%)
Hospitalizations: 687 (decrease of 42)
Hospitalizations in ICU: 522 (decrease of 24)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 357 (decrease of 13)
Deaths: 8,820 (increase of 19)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 16 (increase of 1)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,953 (increase of 2)
Total tests completed: 15,341,218 (increase of 32,258)
Tests under investigation: 14,107 (decrease of 1,593)
Vaccination doses administered: 9,661,327 (increase of 168,322), 65.58% of Ontario’s total population (increase of 1.14%)**
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 896,065 (increase of 61,084), 6.08% of Ontario’s total population (increase of 0.41%)**
*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.
