The week's trend continues with Public Health Ontario still reporting a daily COVID-19 case increase below 200.
The public health agency reported 190 new lab-confirmed case of the coronavirus today. Over the last four days, the daily increase has ranged from 181 new cases to 197 new cases.
Testing levels remain consistent with 24,205 tests processed in Ontario since yesterday's update.
The province is also reporting 12 COVID-related deaths today, including four people between the ages of 40 and 59, six people between the ages of 60 and 79, and two people over the age of 80.
There were 353 new recoveries reported in today's epidemiological report, causing the number of active cases in the province to drop rather than increase.
There are now 2,410 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, according to Public Health Ontario. Of those cases, 383 people are hospitalized, including 92 patients in intensive care units and 65 patients on ventilators.
There have been a total of 32,744 cases confirmed to date, and 27,784 are reported recovered, while 2,550 people have died.
According to the public health report, there have been a total of 5,359 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in long-term care residents and 2,097 cases confirmed in health care workers at long-term care homes. Public health reports 1,636 residents and six staff have died from the coronavirus.
However, the Ministry of Long-Term Health has reported 1,798 resident deaths and seven staff deaths.
The average case incidence rate in Ontario (cumulative) is 220.3 cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 people in the population. The case incidence rates by health unit range from 21.6 cases per 100,000 in North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit to 396.7 cases per 100,000 people in the Toronto Public Health unit coverage area.
There are 12 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 15 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 - 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 - 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 82 resolved cases and one person has died. There are four known active cases, all 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 219.
