Ontario has again reported a daily increase fewer than 200 new cases of COVID-19 today, which is the second time this week the numbers have dipped below 200.
According to Public Health Ontario, there were 197 new cases confirmed since yesterday's update, and there are another 423 cases now considered recovered.
Testing has remained at or above 20,000 tests per day since Wednesday with 23,278 tests processed since yesterday's report. Ontario labs have now processed more than one million COVID-19 tests.
There have been 12 new deaths reported by the province today, including one person between the ages of 40 and 59, five people aged 60 to 79, and six people over the age of 80.
To-date, Ontario has confirmed 2,519 COVID-19 related deaths, including 11 people aged 20 to 39, 96 people aged 40 to 59, 666 people aged 60 to 79, and 1,746 people over the age of 80.
There have been 32,189 cases reported to date with 20,210 of those confirmed in people below the age of 60.
Of the total cases reported, 83.8 per cent are now considered recovered and 7.8 per cent have ended in the death of the person infected.
There are 2,709 active cases of COVID-19 in the province currently, with 438 people hospitalized with COVID-19, 103 patients in intensive care units and 77 people on ventilators.
There are 13 known active cases of the virus in Northern Ontario.
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit has the highest number of confirmed cases. The Porcupine Health Unit, which covers Timmins and the surrounding area, still has the highest rate of confirmed cases per 100,000 population.
Today's provincial report includes data from Jan. 15 to June 13 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 - 23 cases, rate of 20.1 per 100,000 population. There are two active cases, and 21 resolved cases.
- North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit - 27 cases, rate of 20.8 per 100,000 population. The health unit has reported 29 cases. Of those, 28 are resolved and there has been one death.
- Porcupine Health Unit - 65, rate of 77.9 per 100,000 population. The last confirmed case was May 10. Of the confirmed cases, 57 are resolved and eight people have died. There are no known active cases of the virus.
- Public Health Sudbury and Districts - 64 cases, rate of 32.2 per 100,000 population. The last positive test was reported May 14. Two people have died, and the rest of the known cases are resolved.
- 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. There are 80 resolved cases and one person has died. There are six known active cases, four of which are hospitalized.
- Northwestern Health Unit - 27 cases, rate of 30.8 per 100,000 population. There are 22 resolved cases, and 5 known active cases.
The Ontario rate of infection per 100,000 population is 216.6.