Public Health Ontario has reported 296 new COVID-19 cases in its latest report (June 22), but also notes today's update includes cases from 2020 and previously unreported deaths.
According to the province, today's summary includes about 80 cases from 2020 that are part of a data catch-up by Toronto Public Health.
There are 60 new deaths included in the latest report, and 54 of those, though not previously reported, are from past months and are also the result of a "data cleaning initiative."
Today's update also includes 442 new recoveries.
The June 22 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:
- 3,248 active, lab-confirmed cases, down from 3,454 yesterday.
- 334 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario, up from 261 yesterday.
- There are 314 patients in intensive care units because of COVID-19 (58 of those people no longer test positive for COVID-19) and 202 COVID patients on ventilators (even with yesterday).
- The province reported 16,784 tests were processed yesterday, resulting in a 1.6 per cent positivity rate.
- There are 11,986 tests still awaiting processing, and the provincial labs have processed 15.7 million tests to date.
- Of the new cases reported today, 123 are from Toronto (including 80 cases from 2020), 20 cases are from Peel, and 37 are from York Region.
- Today's cases include 60 individuals aged 19 and under, 94 people between 20 and 39 years old, 75 people between 40 and 59 years old, 52 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 14 people aged 80 and over.
Vaccines
- There were 199,535 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 administered yesterday, up from 118,625 doses administered on June 20.
- 12,869,310 doses of vaccine have been administered.
- In total, 3,145,372 people have been fully vaccinated.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 542,764 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 530,434 recoveries and 9,082 deaths.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 3,651.4 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.
Ontario's average weekly incidence rate is 17.3 cases per 100,000 people, which is down by 26.4 per cent from the prior seven-day period.
Simcoe-Muskoka
Yesterday, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported 23 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths in the region since Friday.
There are 144 active cases in the region.
Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 12,222 cases of COVID-19 with 11,410 of those cases recovered and 248 cases ending in death.
There are 16 people from Simcoe County hospitalized with COVID-19 related illness.
The weekly incidence rate in the region is 8.5 cases per 100,000 people from June 12 to June 18, which is down by 48.5 per cent compared to the week of June 6 to 12.
