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There are 175 new COVID cases in Ontario today

There have been 2,606 deaths attributed to the virus, with 1,657 of those being residents of long-term care facilities
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Ontario Public Health is reporting 175 new COVID-19 cases in the province today. 

That comes on the heels of Saturday's report when 206 new cases were listed. 

Sunday's numbers bring the total case count in Ontario to 33,576. Of those, 28,719 have been listed as resolved. 

There have been 2,606 deaths attributed to the disease, with 1,657 of those being residents of long-term care facilities. 

There are 286 people hospitalized with COVID-19, including 86 patients who are in the intensive care unit (ICU). Fifty-nine of those stricken with the virus are on a ventilator. 

The total number of tests administered is almost 1.75 million in Ontario, including 23,408 on Saturday. There are 15,424 tests that are currently under investigation. 

Among specific age groups, 10,220 cases have been in 40- to 59-year-olds while 9,490 cases have been in 20- to 39-year-olds.

Overall, the number of COVID cases in females is 18,028, while 15,176 males have been confirmed as contracting the coronavirus.  

There are 15 known active cases of COVID-19 in Northern Ontario.

Today's provincial report includes data from Jan. 15 to June 20 and includes the rate of confirmed cases per 100,000 population. Data included on resolved cases and last known confirmed is from each health unit's respective website. The breakdown for Northern Ontario health units is:

  • Algoma Public Health - 24 cases, rate of 21 per 100,000 population. There are two known active cases and 22 resolved cases.
  • North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit - 28 cases, rate of 21.6 per 100,000 population. The health unit has reported 30 cases. Of those, 28 are resolved and there has been one death. There is one known active case.
  • Porcupine Health Unit - 66, rate of 79.1 per 100,000 population. Of the confirmed cases, 57 are resolved and eight people have died. There is one active case of the virus. 
  • Public Health Sudbury and Districts - 66 cases, rate of 33.2 per 100,000 population. There are 64 resolved cases and two people have died. 
  • Timiskaming Health Unit - 18 cases, rate of 55.1 per 100,000. The last positive tests were done April 28. All of the cases are resolved.
  • Thunder Bay District Health Unit - 87 cases, rate of 58 per 100,000 population. The health unit has reported 89 confirmed cases. There are 82 resolved cases and one person has died. There are six known active cases, four of which are hospitalized.
  • Northwestern Health Unit - 30 cases, rate of 34.2  per 100,000 population. The health unit is reporting 30 cases, 25 of which are resolved.

The Ontario rate of infection per 100,000 population is 225.2.


Raymond Bowe

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Raymond is an award-winning journalist who has been reporting from Simcoe County since 2000
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