Public Health Ontario is reporting the lowest number of new COVID-19 cases March 28 with 173 lab-confirmed cases included in today's update.
Since Sunday the province has reported fewer than 200 new COVID-19 cases each day. There have also been more than 20,000 tests processed each day this week, with another 25,278 tests processed since yesterday's report.
There have been three more deaths reported in the province, including one person between the ages of 60 and 79 and two people over the age of 80.
There have been a total of 2,553 deaths linked to COVID-19 reported by the province, which is 7.8 per cent of all the cases confirmed in the province to-date.
The number of active cases in the province continues to decrease as the number of daily recoveries continues to be higher than the number of new cases.
In today's report, Public Health Ontario has included 220 more recoveries, bringing the total number of "resolved" cases to 28,004, which is 85 per cent of the total confirmed cases in Ontario since January. The public health agency lists a case as resolved once 14 days have passed from the onset of symptoms and the person is not hospitalized.
The province has reported a total of 32,917 lab-confirmed cases in Ontario, and 16 per cent of those cases have been residents in long-term care homes.
There are now 2,360 active cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, according to the public health epidemiological study. Of those, 351 people are hospitalized with the coronavirus. There are 84 patients in intensive care and 60 of those patients are on ventilators.
The Ministry of Long-Term care reports there are 67 active outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term care homes in the province with 339 active cases in residents and 435 active cases in staff. The ministry has reported 1,797 deaths of residents and seven staff deaths since the start of the pandemic.
The average incidence rate of COVID-19 in Ontario is 220.3 cases per 100,000 people. In Simcoe Muskoka, the incidence rate is 87.4 cases per 100,000 people, according to the Public Health Ontario report released today.
In Northern Ontario, 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 17 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 - 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. 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 221.4.
