Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 225 new cases today, with Premier Doug Ford reportedly considering moving to step two of the province’s reopening plan two days earlier than originally scheduled — June 30 instead of July 2.
Most of the new cases are in Toronto (57), Waterloo (53), Peel (25), North Bay Parry Sound (23), and Ottawa (14). The seven-day average of daily cases has decreased by 19 to 304.
Hospitalizations have fallen by 39 to 295, with patients in ICUs decreasing by 9 to 305 and the number of patients on ventilators decreasing by 12 to 190. Ontario is reporting 11 new deaths, with none in long-term care homes.
More than 13 million vaccine doses have been administered, a record increase of 227,318 from yesterday, with over 77% of Ontario’s total population now having received at least one dose. Over 3.3 million people have been fully vaccinated, with a record increase of 198,372 people receiving their second dose yesterday, representing almost 23% of the total population.
For a daily summary of cases in Ontario, including a breakdown of cases in each of Ontario’s 34 health units, visit ontario.ca/page/how-ontario-is-responding-covid-19.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there is 1 new case to report in Kawartha Lakes. There are no new cases in Peterborough, Northumberland, Haliburton, or Hastings Prince Edward.
An additional 5 cases have been resolved across the region, including 3 in Peterborough, 1 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Northumberland. The outbreak at Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay has been declared resolved.
Active cases have decreased by 3 in Peterborough and by 1 in Northumberland, and remain the same in Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Hastings Prince Edward
There are currently 36 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 4 since yesterday, including 17 in Peterborough, 8 in Northumberland, 8 in Kawartha Lakes, 2 in Hastings Prince Edward (1 in Quinte West and 1 in Belleville), and 1 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,577 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,539 resolved with 21 deaths), 1,083 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,031 resolved with 57 deaths), 943 in Northumberland County (918 resolved with 17 deaths), 122 in Haliburton County (120 resolved with 1 death), and 1,127 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,114 resolved with 11 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Kawartha Lakes on June 5.
For detailed data for each health unit, visit the COVID-19 trackers for Peterborough Public Health, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit, and Hastings Prince Edward Public Health.
For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.
