Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 447 new cases today, with most of the cases in Toronto (110), Peel (61), and Waterloo (56). The seven-day average of daily cases has fallen to 503.
Hospitalizations have increased by 11 to 384, ICU admissions have decreased by 17 to 409, and patients on ventilators have decreased by 5 to 268. Ontario is reporting 4 new deaths, with no new deaths in long-term care homes.
A total of 11,344,441 vaccine doses have been administered, an increase of 135,574 from yesterday, with 1,894,320 people now fully vaccinated, an increase of 97,538 from yesterday. Of Ontario’s total population, 77% have received at least one dose of vaccine and almost 13% are fully vaccinated.
COVID-19 cases in Ontario from May 14 – June 13, 2021. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from May 14 – June 13, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of hospitalizations, and the purple line is the daily number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 vaccinations in Ontario from May 14 – June 13, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily doses administered and the green line is the cumulative number of people fully vaccinated with two doses of vaccine. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 6 new cases to report, including 4 in Kawartha Lakes, 1 in Northumberland, and 1 in Peterborough. There are no new cases in Haliburton or Hastings Prince Edward.
There is 1 new COVID-related hospitalization in Peterborough.
An additional 21 cases have been resolved, including 10 in Kawartha Lakes, 5 in Peterborough, 4 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton. Outbreaks at an unidentified workplace in Peterborough and at Riverview Manor long-term care home in Peterborough have been declared resolved.
Active cases have decreased by 7 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Peterborough, 3 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton. Active cases remain unchanged in Hastings Prince Edward.
There are currently 56 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 16 since yesterday, including 31 in Peterborough, 16 in Kawartha Lakes, 5 in Hastings Prince Edward (2 in Quinte West and 3 in Belleville), and 4 in Northumberland. There are no active cases in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,553 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,501 resolved with 21 deaths), 1,072 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,012 resolved with 57 deaths), 932 in Northumberland County (911 resolved with 17 deaths), 121 in Haliburton County (120 resolved with 1 death), and 1,126 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,110 resolved with 11 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Kawartha Lakes on June 5.
The memorial at Peterborough City Hall, which honours 215 Indigenous children whose remains were discovered in unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, now has a new home. After consulting with Chief Laurie Carr of Hiawatha First Nation and Chief Emily Whetung of Curve Lake First Nation, Peterborough Mayor Diane Therrien directed city staff to build a wooden platform to house the memorial, since having the memorial on the concrete steps leading into city hall presents a legal liability and access issue. (Photo: Ziysah von Bieberstein)
The memorial on the steps of Peterborough City Hall, which honours the 215 Indigenous children whose remains were discovered in unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, has a new home.
A ceremony was held on Sunday (June 13) to move the memorial — which includes children’s shoes, stuffed animals, and medicines — to a new wooden platform installed right beside the concrete steps where the memorial was originally located.
On Sunday morning, the local Indigenous women who had initiated the memorial and volunteers were planning a “closing ceremony” to remove the items from the city hall steps, prior to the reopening of city hall to the public.
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They intended to remove the items in a respectful way consistent with their original intentions and with Indigenous teachings, including by creating chalk outlines of the shoes on the steps and then cleaning the shoes and preparing them for donation.
However, when they arrived at city hall, they discovered two city workers were busy building a set of wooden steps right beside where the memorial was originally located.
Organizers contacted Peterborough Mayor Diane Therrien to find out why the platform was being built, and she told them it was intended as a new location for the memorial.
When organizers of the memorial for Indigenous children at Peterborough City Hall arrived there on June 13, 2021, intending to conduct a ceremony to remove the memorial from the steps, they discovered city staff were building a wooden platform to house the memorial. After contacting Mayor Diane Therrien, organizers turned the closing ceremony into one to move the memorial to the wooden platform. (Photo: Ziysah von Bieberstein)
Mayor Therrien told organizers that having the items remain on the city hall steps creates a legal liability and access issue.
However, since she was not comfortable having the memorial removed, and not knowing who had organized the memorial and was responsible for its caretaking, she had reached out earlier in the week to both Chief Laurie Carr of Hiawatha First Nation and Chief Emily Whetung of Curve Lake First Nation for their advice.
Both Chiefs felt the memorial should remain at Peterborough City Hall. As a result, Mayor Therrien directed city staff to quickly build a wooden platform, so the city could offer it as a new location for the memorial.
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After hearing from the mayor, organizers accepted the offer and Sunday’s closing ceremony instead became one for moving the items to their new home.
The ceremony included drumming, song, prayer, and a talking circle. Participants took turns choosing a pair of shoes and cleansing them with a smudge, and then placing them with care on the new wooden platform. Medicines from the steps were placed in a basket to be burned offsite and new medicines were placed with the shoes on the new platform.
Attendees included both Indigenous people and settlers, children and Elders, both urban and rural. One Elder shared his experiences of being taken from his family as a toddler. A young Indigenous woman attended with her non-Indigenous adoptive family. A settler brought her three children who devotedly moved shoes.
Organizers held a ceremony on June 13, 2021, to move the Indigenous children memorial from the steps of Peterborough City Hall to a special wooden platform the city has built to house the memorial, where it will remain for the time being. (Photo: Ziysah von Bieberstein)
“My heart was deeply touched by this offer from our mayor and her actions,” writes Kerry Bebee in a Facebook post. “She quickly mobilized and had a very nice wooden platform created so that our Memorial could continue.”
“Instead of asking us to take away the items, she took action and demonstrated her support and caring about what has happened, this unspeakable tragedy for Indigenous people, by having this wooden platform created for this community memorial. This is the spirit with which we need to move forward together. My heart is lifted.”
The organizers for the memorial will be meeting with Chief Carr and Chief Whetung to discuss longer-term plans for the memorial.
In the interim, everyone is invited to continue to visit the memorial and add shoes, medicines, and other offerings to honour all Indigenous children who have lost their culture, their families, and their lives to Canada’s residential school system.
kawarthaNOW thanks Ziysah von Bieberstein for providing the text and photos for this story.
People receiving a COVID-19 vaccination in southwest London in the UK. The Delta COVID-19 variant (B.1.617.2, first identified in India) has become the dominant strain of the virus in the UK, and Ontario's science experts expect it to become the dominant strain in the province this summer. (Photo: AP)
The first case of the highly transmissible Delta variant (B.1.617.2, first identified in India) of COVID-19 has been detected in Peterborough.
During a Peterborough Public Health media briefing held Monday (June 14), medical officer of health Dr. Rosana Salvaterra confirmed one person has been infected with the variant, resulting in three close contacts now being closely monitored.
All four of those affected have been self-isolating since Saturday.
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“So far testing has shown it’s a household cluster — they all live together — but we are continuing to investigate,” said Dr. Salvaterra, adding “We need to be very sure we have this under control.”
According to Ontario’s science advisory table, the Delta variant is expected to become the dominant strain of the virus in Ontario this summer. It is around 50 per cent more transmissible than the Alpha variant (B.1.1.7, first detected in the UK), which was the variant driving the third wave of the pandemic in Ontario.
While a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine is not as effective against the Delta variant as it is against the Alpha variant, vaccine effectiveness improves dramatically after a second dose.
“This serves as a good reminder to everyone to get their second dose as soon as they’re eligible,” Dr. Salvaterra said.
To prevent a fourth wave of the pandemic due to the more transmissible the province intends to get as many Ontarians their second dose of vaccine as soon as possible. (Graphic: Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table)
That said, while vaccinations continue at a brisk pace, the number of local residents aged 18 and up who have not yet received a first dose sits at more than 29,000, while the number of adolescents aged 12 to 17 that are yet to be vaccinated is at more than 5,000.
Dr. Salvaterra said the reason for that can be traced in part to the later local arrival of mass quantities of vaccine compared to earlier identified hot spots.
“I think people just need more time to book their appointments,” she said. “Looking ahead, we have lots of booked appointments, so it’s really just a matter of time. We are expecting a very large shipment of Moderna each week for the next two weeks.”
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At present, more than 93,000 local residents have received at least their first dose of vaccine — an increase of 8,000 over the past week — and more than 16,000 have been fully vaccinated, 4,500 more than reported last week.
“We have now reached more than 75 per cent of residents with at least one dose and are almost at 40 per cent of youths aged 12 to 17 with their first dose,” Dr. Salvaterra said. “We hope to have that increase more with our dedicated youth clinics this week. We remain in a race against time to reach vaccination targets (set by the province) while we continue to follow public health measures.”
As of Sunday (June 13) at 4:30 p.m., the number of active cases in Peterborough city and county, Curve Lake, and Hiawatha was reported as 35 — an increase of six since last Monday. The number of close contacts of positive cases being monitored continues to decline in a big way, now at 38, 42 less than what was reported last Monday.
Meanwhile a pandemic rarity of sorts is now being reported, with no current outbreaks in the Peterborough region.
On the enforcement front, Peterborough County OPP Sergeant Chris Galeazza confirmed a large weekend gathering at Sandy Beach prompted police monitoring but resulted in no charges.
“The site was very busy throughout the entire weekend,” Galeazza said. “We ask that people be mindful of space. If the parking lot is full, come back at another time. Congregation in large numbers was the issue. We have the ability to disperse but that would create a larger enforcement issue. Charges haven’t been laid at this point, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any forthcoming.”
Also commenting during Monday’s briefing were Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef, Peterborough Mayor Diane Therrien, and Peterborough board of health chair and Selwyn mayor Andy Mitchell.
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 530 new cases today, with most of the cases in Toronto, Waterloo, Peel, and Porcupine. Two-thirds of Ontario’s 34 health units are reporting 5 or fewer cases and the seven-day average of daily cases has fallen to 514.
There has been a double-digit decrease in the number of hospitalizations, although more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data for this report. There has been a small increase in the number of ICU patients and a small decrease in the number of patients on ventilators. Ontario is reporting 7 deaths, with 1 new death in a long-term care home.
Over 75% of Ontario’s total population has received at least a single dose of vaccine, with over 12% of the population now fully vaccinated.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 6 new cases to report (5 in Peterborough and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward) and an additional 3 cases resolved. The number of active cases in the region has increased by 5 to 72, with 4 new active cases in Peterborough and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward. Updated numbers for Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton are not available on Sundays.
See below for more provincial and regional details.
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Provincial summary, details, and trend charts
Of today’s increase of 530 cases, the health units reporting the most cases are Toronto (102), Waterloo (97), Peel (81), and Porcupine (68).
There have also been double-digit increases in Ottawa (24), Hamilton (24), Durham (21), Halton (21), York (14), Niagara (12), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (12), Simcoe Muskoka (10), with a smaller increase in Middlesex-London (7).
The remaining 21 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 5 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 (194) among people ages 20-39, followed by 152 cases among people 19 and under and 122 cases among people ages 40-59.
With 763 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases remains unchanged at 97.3%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 0.5% to 2.6%, meaning that 26 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on June 13.
Ontario is reporting 7 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 1 to 13.
Hospitalizations have fallen by 74 from yesterday to 373, but more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data to the daily bed census so the actual number of hospitalizations may be higher. The number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs has increased by 4 to 446 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators has decreased by 4 to 273.
A total of 20,731 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 4,492 to 5,846.
A total of 11,208,867 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 186,415 from yesterday, and 1,796,782 people have been fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 129,021 from yesterday.
The number of fully vaccinated people represents 12.20% of Ontario’s population, an increase of 0.88% from yesterday, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 76.08% of the total population, an increase of 1.27% from yesterday. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
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Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 539,683 (increase of 530) COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) cases: 139,482 of B.1.1.7 Alpha variant (increase of 785); 1,137 of B.1.351 Beta variant (increase of 3); 4,133 of P.1 Gamma variant (increase of 9) VOC R(t): 0.73 (no change as of June 13)* 7-day average of daily new cases: 514 (decrease of 29) Positivity rate: 2.6% (increase of 0.5%) Resolved: 525,125 (increase of 763), 97.3% of all cases (no change) Hospitalizations: 373 (decrease of 74)** Hospitalizations in ICU: 426 (increase of 4) Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 273 (decrease of 4) Deaths: 8,957 (increase of 7) 7-day average of daily new deaths: 13 (decrease of 1) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,963 (increase of 1) Total tests completed: 15,560,092 (increase of 20,731) Tests under investigation: 5,846 (decrease of 4,492) Vaccination doses administered: 11,208,867 (increase of 186,415), 76.08% of Ontario’s total population (increase of 1.27%)*** People fully vaccinated (two doses): 1,796,782 (increase of 129,021), 12.20% of Ontario’s total population (increase of 0.88%)***
*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.
**As more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data to the daily bed census, the actual number of hospitalizations may be higher.
***An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
COVID-19 cases in Ontario from May 13 – June 12, 2021. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from May 13 – June 12, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of hospitalizations, and the purple line is the daily number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 vaccinations in Ontario from May 13 – June 12, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily doses administered and the green line is the cumulative number of people fully vaccinated with two doses of vaccine. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
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).
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Regional summary and details
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 6 new cases to report, including 5 in Peterborough and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward. Numbers for Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton are not available as the health unit does not issue updates on Sundays; numbers for Sunday will be included in Monday’s update.
There are 5 new regional cases of variants of concern, including 3 in Peterborough and 2 in Hastings Prince Edward.
An additional 2 cases have been resolved in Peterborough.
There are currently 72 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, an increase of 5 since yesterday, including 35 in Peterborough, 23 in Kawartha Lakes, 7 in Northumberland, 5 in Hastings Prince Edward (2 in Quinte West and 3 in Belleville), and 2 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,552 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,496 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 1,126 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,110 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: 1,552 (increase of 6)* Total variants of concern cases: 727 (increase of 3) Active cases: 35 (increase of 4) Close contacts: 41 (decrease of 6) Deaths: 21 (no change) Resolved: 1,496 (increase of 2) 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 5 new cases in the last 24 hours. The total case count has increased by 6 because 1 case has been added to 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).
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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. These numbers are from June 12; numbers for June 13 will be included in the next update.
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: 1,126 (increase of 1) Confirmed variants of concern cases: 493 (increase of 2) Active cases: 5 (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: 149,883 (increase of 1,996) Vaccine doses administered: 124,008 (increase of 1,124) Number of people fully vaccinated: 18,439 (increase of 514) Outbreaks: None (no change)
The busy stretch of Highway 28 between Burleigh Falls and Woodview has been the scene of several serious accidents, including fatalities. Pictured is a closure of Highway 28 following a head-on collision in February 2019. (Photo courtesy of Geri-Lynn Cajindos)
Highway 28 at Woodview reopened
Highway 28 at Woodview was reopened at around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday (June 13).
A serious collision on Highway 28 on Sunday morning (June 13) has closed the highway is both directions at Woodview in North Kawartha Township.
The Peterborough OPP and emergency crews responded to the accident that happened at around 10:30 a.m. on Sunday near Butler Drive.
Police say a motorcycle travelling southbound on Highway 28 was involved in a collision with two vehicles travelling northbound.
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The driver of the motorcycle has since been transported to a Toronto area hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Highway 28 will remain closed in both directions for several hours while police measure and document the scene. Detours are in place on Highway 28 at Northey’s Bay Road and Mount Julian Viamede Road.
For updates on the road closure, check @OPP_COMM_CR on Twitter.
A woman receives her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at the mass vaccination clinic at the Evinrude Centre in Peterborough on May 26, 2021. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)
Peterborough Public Health is running a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Saturday (June 19) for newcomers to Canada who want to receive the Pfizer vaccine.
The by-appointment-only clinic takes place from 9 a.m. to noon at the Evinrude Centre at 911 Monaghan Road.
Peterborough-area residents who were not born in Canada and members of their immediate household are eligible for the clinic, including adults and youth 12 and over seeking their first dose of vaccine.
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Also eligible are newcomers seeking their second Pfizer vaccination, including those 70 years and older who received their first dose of Pfizer before May 22 and those 18 years and older who received their first dose of Pfizer before April 18.
Newcomers who want to register for the clinic should call the New Canadians Centre at 705-743-0882 ext. 230 or 705-743-0882 ext. 243 (Arabic only) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday (June 14).
People wishing to register need to have their Ontario Health Card or other government-issued ID ready when they call.
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.
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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.
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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.
COVID-19 cases in Ontario from May 12 – June 11, 2021. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from May 12 – June 11, 2021. The red line is the daily number of tests completed, and the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from May 12 – June 11, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of hospitalizations, the purple line is the daily number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs, and the dotted orange line is a five-day rolling average of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 deaths in Ontario from May 12 – June 11, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily deaths, and the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of daily deaths. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 vaccinations in Ontario from May 12 – June 11, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily doses administered, the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of daily doses, and the blue line is the cumulative number of people fully vaccinated with two doses of vaccine. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
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).
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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).
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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)
A sample of the type of healthy lunch that will be available for any elementary-school aged child in the Kawartha Lakes between June 16 and August 20, 2021. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Lakes Food Source)
Kids in the Kawartha Lakes can get a healthy lunch for free this summer thanks to a program offered by Kawartha Lakes Food Source, The Salvation Army Lindsay, Kawartha Lakes Food Coalition, and the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit.
The Summer Outreach Lunch Program, which has prepared and distributed hundreds of bagged lunches to elementary-school aged children in the Kawartha Lakes since 2018, will begin early this year on June 16 and run until August 20.
Lunches will be distributed every Wednesday and Friday from 11 a.m. to noon at King Albert Public School (49 Glenelg St., Lindsay) and from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at Queen Victoria Public School (11 John St., Lindsay).
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The free lunches — consisting of a sandwich or wrap, fruits and vegetables, cheese or yogurt, and a healthy baked treat — are available for any elementary-school aged child in the City of Kawartha Lakes. No registration is required. Children or guardians can drop by either school to pick up a bagged lunch, no questions asked.
COVID safety protocols, including physical distancing, will be followed at each school. If a child is sick, someone should pick up a lunch on their behalf.
Last year, the program distributed 520 lunches, including 328 distributed to children with the remainder distributed to A Place Called Home, a 19-bed shelter for adults, couples, and families.
For more information, or to donate to the Summer Outreach Lunch Program, call Kawartha Lakes Food Source at 705-324-0707 or The Salvation Army Lindsay at 705-878-5331 ext. 2.
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.
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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.
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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.
COVID-19 cases in Ontario from May 11 – June 10, 2021. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from May 11 – June 10, 2021. The red line is the daily number of tests completed, and the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from May 11 – June 10, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of hospitalizations, the purple line is the daily number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs, and the dotted orange line is a five-day rolling average of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 deaths in Ontario from May 11 – June 10, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily deaths, and the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of daily deaths. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 vaccinations in Ontario from May 11 – June 10, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily doses administered, the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of daily doses, and the blue line is the cumulative number of people fully vaccinated with two doses of vaccine. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
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).
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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).
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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)
A squirrel monkey at the Riverview Park and Zoo in Peterborough. (Photo: Riverview Park and Zoo)
Riverview Park and Zoo in Peterborough has announced it will offer Peterborough-area residents guided tours of the zoo area beginning Friday, July 2nd.
“We are so excited to welcome guests back for one-way guided treks of the zoo this summer,” says Cathy Mitchell, the zoo’s program supervisor. “We are ramping up, hiring staff, training volunteers, putting up barriers to the exhibits, and adding more sanitizer stations.”
Each tour will accommodate a family group of up to 10 people.
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“As we have eight species of animals who are susceptible to COVID-19, we are asking all visitors do their part to protect these animals and remain at a two metre distance from the animal exhibits at all times while on tours,” Mitchell says.
Tours must be booked in advance. Bookings can be made online as of 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 16th at riverviewparkandzoo.ca/en/plan-your-visit/tours.aspx. While there is no admission charge for the tours, the zoo will welcome donations.
Under step one of Ontario’s reopening plan, which began on Friday (June 11), outdoor zoos can reopen at 15 per cent capacity. However, except for the guided tours, the zoo area remains closed as do the splash pad, gift shop, snack bar, train ride, and picnic shelters.
The playground, disc golf course, park areas, and park trails remain open for COVID-safe use. To use the accessible wheelchair swings, contact the zoo in advance by emailing connect@riverviewparkandzoo.ca or calling 705-748-9301 x 2304.
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