Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 502 new cases today, with most of the cases in Toronto, Peel, and Waterloo. 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 to 533.
There have been double-digit decreases in the number of hospitalizations, ICU patients, and patients on ventilators. Ontario is reporting 15 deaths, with 1 new death in a long-term care home.
With more than 11 million vaccine doses administered, almost 75% of Ontario’s total population has received at least a single dose. Over 11% of the population is now fully vaccinated, with a record number of second doses administered yesterday.
The Ontario government also announced today that, as of Monday (June 14), people who received their first dose of an AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can book their second dose — of either AstraZeneca or an mRNA vaccine — at eight weeks instead of the original 12 weeks.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 8 new cases to report (3 in Peterborough, 3 in Kawartha Lakes, and 2 in Hastings Prince Edward) and an additional 7 cases resolved. The net number of active cases in the region has decreased by 3 to 67. Active cases have increased by 2 in Hastings Prince Edward, decreased by 3 in Peterborough, decreased by 2 in Northumberland, and remain unchanged in Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton.
See below for more provincial and regional details.
Provincial summary, details, and trend charts
Of today’s increase of 502 cases, the health units reporting the most cases are Toronto (89), Peel (71), and Waterloo (51).
There have also been double-digit increases in York (37), Durham (31), Hamilton (30), Porcupine (29), Niagara (28), Simcoe Muskoka (25), Ottawa (17), Brant (14), Halton (14), and Windsor-Essex (12), with smaller increases in Peterborough (9), Middlesex-London (8), and Huron Perth (7).
The remaining 18 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 6 health units reporting only 1 case and 6 health units reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s new cases, 65% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (195) among people ages 20-39, followed by 131 cases among people 19 and under and 104 cases among people ages 40-59.
With 830 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.1% to 97.3%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 0.1% to 2.1%, meaning that 21 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on June 11.
Ontario is reporting 15 new COVID-19 deaths today, with 1 new death in a long-term care home. The seven-day average of daily deaths has decreased by 2 to 14.
Hospitalizations have fallen by 42 from yesterday to 447, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs decreasing by 18 to 442 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators decreasing by 15 to 277.
A total of 24,099 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 615 to 10,338.
A total of 11,022,452 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 195,032 from yesterday, and 1,667,761 people have been fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, a record increase of 134,019 from yesterday.
The number of fully vaccinated people represents 11.32% of Ontario’s population, an increase of 0.91% from yesterday, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 74.81% of the total population, an increase of 1.32% from yesterday. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 539,153 (increase of 502)
COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) cases: 138,697 of B.1.1.7 Alpha variant (increase of 1,390); 1,134 of B.1.351 Beta variant (increase of 6); 4,124 of P.1 Gamma variant (increase of 25)
VOC R(t): 0.73 (increase of 0.01 as of June 12)*
7-day average of daily new cases: 533 (decrease of 35)
Positivity rate: 2.1% (increase of 0.1%)
Resolved: 524,362 (increase of 830), 97.3% of all cases (increase of 0.1%)
Hospitalizations: 447 (decrease of 42)
Hospitalizations in ICU: 422 (decrease of 18)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 277 (decrease of 15)
Deaths: 8,950 (increase of 15)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 14 (decrease of 2)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,962 (increase of 1)
Total tests completed: 15,539,361 (increase of 24,099)
Tests under investigation: 10,338 (decrease of 615)
Vaccination doses administered: 11,022,452 (increase of 195,032), 74.81% of Ontario’s total population (increase of 1.32%)**
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 1,667,761 (increase of 134,019), 11.32% 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 8 new cases to report, including 3 in Peterborough, 3 in Kawartha Lakes, and 2 in Hastings Prince Edward. There are no new cases in Northumberland and Haliburton.
There are 4 new regional cases of variants of concern, including 3 in Peterborough and 1 in Northumberland.
An additional 7 cases have been resolved, including 3 in Peterborough, 2 in Kawartha Lakes, and 2 in Northumberland.
There are currently 67 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a net increase of 3 since yesterday, including 31 in Peterborough, 23 in Kawartha Lakes, 7 in Northumberland, 4 in Hastings Prince Edward (2 in Quinte West and 2 in Belleville), and 2 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,546 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,494 resolved with 21 deaths), 1,069 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,002 resolved with 57 deaths), 931 in Northumberland County (907 resolved with 17 deaths), 121 in Haliburton County (118 resolved with 1 death), and 1,125 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 (no change)*
Total variants of concern cases: 724 (increase of 3)
Active cases: 31 (decrease of 3)
Close contacts: 41 (decrease of 6)
Deaths: 21 (no change)
Resolved: 1,494 (increase of 3)
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 3 new cases in the last 24 hours. The total case count is unchanged because 3 cases have been removed from previous days.
**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: 2,121, including 1,069 in Kawartha Lakes, 931 in Northumberland, and 121 in Haliburton (increase of 3 in Kawartha Lakes)*
Total variants of concern cases: 766, including 394 in Kawartha Lakes, 336 in Northumberland, and 36 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Northumberland)
Active cases: 32, including 23 in Kawartha Lakes, 7 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (decrease of 2 in Northumberland)
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 (no change)**
Deaths (including among probable cases): 75, including 57 in Kawartha Lakes, 17 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change)
Resolved: 2,027, including 1,002 in Kawartha Lakes, 902 in Northumberland, and 118 in Haliburton (increase of 4, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes and 2 in Northumberland)
Tests completed: 199,036 (increase of 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: 1,125 (increase of 2)
Confirmed variants of concern cases: 491 (no change)
Active cases: 4 (increase of 2)
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: 122,884 (increase of 1,330)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 17,925 (increase of 530)
Outbreaks: None (no change)
For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.
