Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
With the provincial government announcing step two of the province’s reopening plan will begin on June 30, Ontario is reporting 296 new cases today. The seven-day average of daily cases has decreased by 10 to 294.
Waterloo continues to be the province’s hot spot, with 95 cases reported today. The other four health unit regions with the most cases are Toronto (35), Peel (20), Hamilton (19), and Ottawa (17).
Hospitalizations have decreased by 11 to 284, with patients in ICUs decreasing by 5 to 300 and the number of patients on ventilators decreasing by 1 to 189. Ontario is reporting 6 new deaths, with none in long-term care homes.
More than 13.3 million vaccine doses have been administered, an increase of 225,188 from yesterday, with over 78% of Ontario’s total population now having received at least one dose. Over 3.5 million people have been fully vaccinated, with a record number of 198,695 people receiving their second dose yesterday, representing over 24% 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 are 3 new cases in Kawartha Lakes. There are no new cases in Peterborough, Northumberland, Haliburton, or Hastings Prince Edward.
An additional 2 cases have been resolved in Peterborough.
Active cases have decreased by 2 in Peterborough and increased by 3 in Kawartha Lakes, and remain the same in Northumberland, Haliburton, and Hastings Prince Edward.
There are currently 37 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, an increase of 1 since yesterday, including 15 in Peterborough, 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 8 in Northumberland, 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 (1,541 resolved with 21 deaths), 1,086 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.
