Ontario is reporting 412 new cases of COVID-19 today, which is a 1.7 per cent increase in the total number of cases for the province.
The update provided by the province today also reports 27 deaths related to the virus, including one person between the ages of 40 and 59, 11 people between the ages of 60 and 79, and 15 people over the age of 80.
The daily epidemiology update also indicates 379 more people are now considered recovered from COVID-19.
However, the report states anyone whose symptom onset date occurred 14 days ago and who is not hospitalized is considered recovered for the purposes of the daily update. Those people who are reported as recovered may still be experiencing symptoms with varying severity.
There were 11,028 tests reported completed on May 21, with 5,871 awaiting results. The province has completed 599,986 tests in total.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Public Health Ontario has reported 25,040 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province, which includes 19,146 people considered resolved, and 2,048 people who have died.
There are currently 912 people hospitalized with COVID-19, including 147 intensive care patients, and 119 people on ventilators.
The Ministry of Long-Term Care reports there are 165 active outbreaks in long-term care homes in the province, including 2,148 active cases in residents, and 1,437 active cases in staff. The ministry has also reported 1,495 deaths of long-term care residents, and six staff deaths attributed to the coronavirus.
Public Health Ontario has reported 1,292 deaths of long-term care residents and four staff deaths. Data provided by Public Health Ontario is reported to the provincial agency regional health units, and typically lags behind the data reported by the Ministry of Long-Term Care. Data reported by the ministry is reported to them by long-term care facilities in Ontario.
According to the epidemiological report provided by Public Health Ontario, more than 61 per cent of the province’s total cases have been the result of an outbreak or close contact of a confirmed case.
Public Health Ontario is also reporting 79 ongoing outbreaks at retirement homes, and 51 ongoing outbreaks at hospitals.
Travel is the transmission source for 5.9 per cent of the province’s cases, and community transmission is listed as the probable source for 12.6 per cent of cases. A little more than 20 per cent of Ontario’s cases do not have a transmission source listed.
Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported 443 total cases of COVID-19 in the region, 328 people have recovered, including 310 residents in Simcoe County. Thirty-five people from Simcoe County, and one resident from Muskoka have died from the coronavirus.
Three institutional outbreaks remain active, one at Owen Hill Care Community in Barrie, one at Collingwood Nursing Home, and one at Bayview Retirement Home in Waubaushene.
The breakdown of cases in each municipality, according to the health unit is as follows:
Barrie (146 cases, 102 recoveries, 14 deaths, 1 in hospital), Bradford West Gwillimbury (94 cases, 72 recoveries, 12 deaths, 2 in hospital), New Tecumseth (45 cases, 28 recoveries, 2 in hospital, one death), Orillia (17 cases, 13 recoveries, 2 deaths, one in hospital), Collingwood (15 cases, 11 recoveries), Wasaga Beach (13 cases, 10 recoveries, one death), Clearview (7 cases, 6 recoveries, one death), Innisfil (30 cases, 27 recoveries), Springwater (8 cases, 6 recoveries, 1 death), Midland (6 cases, all recovered), Oro-Medonte (5 cases, 2 recoveries, 2 deaths, 1 in hospital), Adjala-Tosorontio (7 cases, all recovered), Essa (10 cases, 7 recoveries, 1 death), Ramara (7 cases, 4 recoveries), Tiny (3 cases, 2 recoveries), Tay (5 cases, 2 recoveries, 1 in hospital), Penetanguishene (3 cases, 2 recoveries), and Severn (3 cases, all recovered) for a total of 422 cases in Simcoe County, including 306 recoveries and eight hospitalizations.
There are also 19 confirmed positive cases in Muskoka, and 17 have recovered, one person from Muskoka Lakes has died.
The case rate (including lab-confirmed cases only) for the Simcoe-Muskoka region is 74.6cases per 100,000 population. The provincial average is 168.5 cases per 100,000 population.
