Public Health Ontario reported 178 new cases of COVID-19 this morning, which is in line with the average daily case increase reported this week.
There have also been 246 more recoveries noted, bringing the overall number of active cases in the province down to 2,281. There are 331 people hospitalized with the virus, including 82 patients in intensive care and 65 patients on a ventilator.
The province reported 11 more deaths linked to COVID-19 today, all of whom were people over the age of 60, and eight were over the age of 80.
There have been 33,095 cases of COVID-19 confirmed to date in Ontario with 28,250 of those cases listed as recovered and 2,564 deaths reported.
There were another 27,225 tests processed since yesterday's provincial report.
The number of cases reported on a weekly basis decreased by 35 per cent in the first two weeks of June. The province reported 2,297 new COVID cases from May 31 to June 6, and 1,491 COVID cases from June 7 to 13.
So far this week, the province has reported 1,103 new cases with Saturday's report still to come.
The highest weekly case increase was April 19 to 25 when Public Health Ontario reported 3,985 new cases of the coronavirus. The four weeks between April 5 and May 2 saw weekly increases above 3,000 new cases, but the numbers have been under 3,000 new cases per week since then.
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 18 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 is one known active case, 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 - 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 - 66 cases, rate of 33.2 per 100,000 population. The last positive test was reported May 14. Two people have died, and there are two known active cases.
• 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 - 28 cases, rate of 31.9 per 100,000 population. The health unit is reporting 27 cases, 23 of which are resolved.
The Ontario rate of infection per 100,000 population is 222.6.