Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 135 new COVID-19 cases today, with 5 of Ontario’s 34 health units reporting double-digit increases — Toronto (26), Peel (16), Durham (13), Waterloo (12), and Middlesex-London (10) — and 12 health units reporting no new cases at all.
The seven-day average of daily cases has decreased by 2 to 150.
Hospitalizations have decreased by 7 to 139, the number of ICU patients has decreased by 4 to 145, and the number of patients on ventilators has dropped by 28 to 70.
Ontario is reporting 4 new COVID-related deaths, with 1 death in a long-term care home.
Almost 18.5 million vaccine doses have been administered, an increase of 140,491 from yesterday, with almost 8.2 million people fully vaccinated, an increase of 123,005 from yesterday, representing over 55% of Ontario’s 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 4 new cases to report in Kawartha Lakes over the past 2 days. There are no new cases in Peterborough, Northumberland, Haliburton, or Hastings Prince Edward.
There is 1 new COVID-related ICU admission in Peterborough.
An additional 5 cases in the region have been resolved, including 2 in Peterborough, 2 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward.
Regional active cases have increased by 2 in Kawartha Lakes, decreased by 2 in Peterborough and by 1 in Hastings Prince Edward, and remain the same in Haliburton.
There are currently 31 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 1 from yesterday, including 15 in Kawartha Lakes, 10 in Hastings Prince Edward (1 in Quinte West, 3 in Belleville, 1 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 4 in Central Hastings, and 1 in North Hastings), 5 in Peterborough, and 1 in Haliburton. There are no active cases in Northumberland.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,627 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,600 resolved with 22 deaths), 1,143 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,083 resolved with 58 deaths), 946 in Northumberland County (929 resolved with 17 deaths), 123 in Haliburton County (121 resolved with 1 death), and 1,144 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,123 resolved with 11 deaths). The most recent two deaths were reported in Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes on June 29.
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.
