Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 574 new cases today, with most of the new cases in Toronto, Peel, Waterloo, and Porcupine. More than half of Ontario’s 34 health units are reporting 5 or fewer cases and the seven-day average of daily cases has fallen below 600.
The number of hospitalizations and ICU patients have declined, with 1 additional patient on a ventilator. Ontario is reporting 4 deaths, with no new deaths in long-term care homes.
With more than 10.8 million vaccine doses administered, including a record number of doses administered yesterday, over 73% of Ontario’s total population has received at least a single dose. Over 10% of the population is now fully vaccinated, with a record number of second doses administered yesterday.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 14 new cases to report (including 11 in Peterborough and 3 in Kawartha Lakes) and an additional 11 cases resolved. The net number of active cases in the region has increased by 1 to 70. Active cases have increased by 5 in Peterborough, decreased by 4 in Kawartha Lakes, and remain unchanged in Northumberland, Haliburton, and Hastings Prince Edward.
See below for more provincial and regional details.
Provincial summary, details, and trend charts
The health units reporting the most cases today are Toronto (109), Peel (84), Waterloo (79), and Porcupine (51).
There have also been double-digit increases in Hamilton (31), Halton (30), York (28), Durham (26), Ottawa (22), Windsor-Essex (16), Thunder Bay (14), Niagara (11), Simcoe Muskoka (10), and Middlesex-London (10).
The remaining 20 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 4 health units reporting only 1 case and 1 health unit reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s new cases, 65% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (232) among people ages 20-39, followed by 143 cases among people 19 and under and 128 cases among people ages 40-59.
With 850 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.1% to 97.2%. The average positivity rate across Ontario also remains unchanged at 2.0% for the third day in a row, meaning that 20 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on June 10.
Ontario is reporting 4 new COVID-19 deaths today, with no new deaths in long-term care homes and the seven-day average of daily deaths decreasing by 2 to 16.
Hospitalizations have decreased by 27 from yesterday to 489, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs decreasing by 10 to 440 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators rising by 1 to 292.
A total of 28,949 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 1,475 to 10,953.
A total of 10,827,420 doses of vaccine have now been administered, a record increase of 199,951 from yesterday, and 1,533,742 people have been fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, a record increase of 133,966 from yesterday.
The number of fully vaccinated people represents 10.41% of Ontario’s population, an increase of 0.91% from yesterday, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 73.49% of the total population, an increase of 1.36% from yesterday. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 538,651 (increase of 574)
COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) cases: 137,307 of B.1.1.7 Alpha variant (increase of 1,190); 1,128 of B.1.351 Beta variant (no change); 4,099 of P.1 Gamma variant (increase of 1)
VOC R(t): 0.72 (decrease of 0.02 as of June 11)*
7-day average of daily new cases: 568 (decrease of 49)
Positivity rate: 2.0% (no change)
Resolved: 523,532 (increase of 850), 97.2% of all cases (increase of 0.1%)
Hospitalizations: 489 (decrease of 27)
Hospitalizations in ICU: 440 (decrease of 10)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 292 (increase of 1)
Deaths: 8,935 (increase of 4)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 16 (decrease of 3)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,961 (decrease of 1)
Total tests completed: 15,515,262 (increase of 28,949)
Tests under investigation: 10,953 (decrease of 1,475)
Vaccination doses administered: 10,827,420 (increase of 199,951), 73.49% of Ontario’s total population (increase of 1.36%)**
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 1,533,742 (increase of 133,966), 10.41% of Ontario’s total population (increase of 0.91%)**
*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.
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).
Regional summary and details
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 14 new cases to report, including 11 in Peterborough and 3 in Kawartha Lakes. There are no new cases in Northumberland, Haliburton, or Hastings Prince Edward.
There are 9 new regional cases of variants of concern, including 7 in Peterborough, 1 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward.
There has been 1 new COVID-related hospitalization in Kawartha Lakes.
An additional 11 cases have been resolved, including 7 in Kawartha Lakes and 4 in Peterborough.
There are currently 70 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a net increase of 1 since yesterday, including 34 in Peterborough, 23 in Kawartha Lakes, 9 in Northumberland, 2 in Haliburton, and 2 in Hastings Prince Edward (1 in Quinte West and 1 in Belleville).
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,546 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,491 resolved with 21 deaths), 1,067 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,000 resolved with 57 deaths), 931 in Northumberland County (905 resolved with 17 deaths), 121 in Haliburton County (118 resolved with 1 death), and 1,122 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,109 resolved with 11 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Kawartha Lakes on June 5.
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: 1,546 (increase of 9)*
Total variants of concern cases: 721 (increase of 7)
Active cases: 34 (increase of 5)
Close contacts: 47 (decrease of 12)
Deaths: 21 (no change)
Resolved: 1,491 (increase of 4)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 72 (no change)**
ICU admissions (total to date): 15 (no change)
Total tests completed: Over 53,150 (no change)
Total vaccine doses administered (residents and non-residents): 103,327 (increase of 12,611 as of June 10)
Number of residents who have received first dose: 88,834 (increase of 7,444 as of June 10)
Number of residents fully vaccinated: 14,092 (increase of 4,704 as of June 10)
Outbreaks: Unidentified workplace #11 in Peterborough, Riverview Manor long-term care home in Peterborough (no change)
*The health unit is reporting 11 new cases in the last 24 hours. The total case count has increased by 9 because 2 cases have been removed from a previous day.
**As of June 11, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 2 patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change) 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: 2,119, including 1,067 in Kawartha Lakes, 931 in Northumberland, and 121 in Haliburton (increase of 3 in Kawartha Lakes)*
Total variants of concern cases: 765, including 394 in Kawartha Lakes, 335 in Northumberland, and 36 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Kawartha Lakes)
Active cases: 34, including 23 in Kawartha Lakes, 9 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (decrease of 4 in Kawartha Lakes)
Probable cases: 1 in Kawartha Lakes (no change)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 78, including 44 in Kawartha Lakes, 31 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Kawartha Lakes)**
Deaths (including among probable cases): 75, including 57 in Kawartha Lakes, 17 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change)
Resolved: 2,023, including 1,000 in Kawartha Lakes, 905 in Northumberland, and 118 in Haliburton (increase of 7 in Kawartha Lakes)
Tests completed: 198,673 (increase of 1,363)
Vaccine doses administered to residents: 112,750 (increase of 7,966 as of June 7)
Number of residents fully vaccinated: 14,676 (increase of 3,568 as of June 7)
Outbreaks: Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, LCBO Port Hope (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 11, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 2 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (increase of 1).
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: 1,122 (no change)
Confirmed variants of concern cases: 491 (increase of 1)
Active cases: 2 (increase of 1)
Deaths: 11 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 1 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 0 (no change)
Resolved: 1,110 (no change)
Tests completed: 147,887 (no change)
Vaccine doses administered: 121,554 (increase of 2,253)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 17,395 (increase of 1,131)
Outbreaks: None (no change)
For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.
