Ontario is reporting its lowest increase in daily cases since March 29 with 258 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases today.
The province’s public health agency is also reporting 359 recoveries and 33 deaths related to COVID-19 this morning.
The most recently reported deaths include one person between the age of 40 and 59, eight people between the ages of 60 and 79, and 24 people over the age of 80.
Testing continues to rise with 17,429 tests completed in a day and another 17,578 tests backlogged awaiting results.
The province issued an order at the end of April requiring all staff and residents of long-term care facilities to be tested. The deadline for that testing is tomorrow (May 15).
There are now 1,026 people hospitalized with COVID-19, including 184 people in intensive care and 141 patients on ventilators.
The province has confirmed a total of 21,494 cases of COVID-19 in Ontario since Jan. 15. Of those, 16,204 (75 per cent) are reported recovered, and 1,798 people have died (8.4 per cent).
The daily epidemiological report put out by Public Health Ontario includes data submitted up to 4 p.m. the previous day.
The Ministry of Long-Term Care is reporting 185 active COVID-19 outbreaks in Ontario long term care facilities with 2,501 confirmed cases in residents and 1,668 cases in staff. There have been 1,308 deaths of residents as a result of the virus and five staff have died.
Public Health Ontario has included only 814 of those resident deaths in its total number of reported COVID-19 fatalities.
Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has confirmed 390 cases of COVID-19 in the Simcoe-Muskoka region, including 229 recoveries and 31 deaths. The province has reported there are at least 398 cases in the region.
The breakdown of cases in each municipality is as follows:
Barrie (132 cases, 67 recoveries, 9 deaths, 1 in hospital), Bradford West Gwillimbury (88 cases, 56 recoveries, 12 deaths, 2 in hospital), New Tecumseth (32 cases, 19 recoveries, 2 in hospital, one death), Orillia (15 cases, 11 recoveries, 2 deaths), Collingwood (11 cases, 8 recoveries, 2 in hospital), Innisfil (29 cases, 14 recoveries, 1 in hospital), Springwater (6 cases, 4 recoveries, 1 death), Midland (6 cases, all recovered), Wasaga Beach (11 cases, 6 recoveries, 1 death), Oro-Medonte (5 cases, 2 recoveries, 2 deaths, 1 in hospital), Adjala-Tosorontio (7 cases, all recovered), Clearview (7 cases, 2 recoveries, one death), Essa (7 cases, 5 recoveries, 1 death), Ramara (5 cases, 2 recoveries), Tiny (2 cases, all recovered), Tay (4 cases, 1 in hospital), Penetanguishene (2 cases, all recovered), and Severn (3 cases, 1 recovered) for a total of 372 cases in Simcoe County, including 214 recoveries and 11 hospitalizations.
There are also 18 confirmed positive cases in Muskoka, and 15 have recovered, one person from Muskoka Lakes has died.
The case rate (including lab-confirmed cases only) for Simcoe-Muskoka region is 66.4 cases per 100,000 population. The provincial average is 144.6 cases per 100,000 population.
