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Ontario confirms 160 new COVID cases today

There are now 1,892 active cases in Ontario
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Ontario Public Health is reporting a 0.5 per cent increase in daily cases over yesterday with 160 new COVID cases reported today. 

On June 26, the province reported 111 new cases, which was one of the lowest daily case increases since the start of the pandemic. 

There were 178 more recoveries reported today, which means the number of active cases in the province dropped. 

The province has confirmed a total of 34,476 coronavirus cases to-date, and reported 29,932 recoveries and 2,652 deaths, which leaves 1,892 active cases in Ontario. 

There were eight deaths reported by Public Health Ontario today, which includes one person between the ages of 40 and 59, four people between 60 and 79 years old, and three people over the age of 80. 

Testing continues to rise with 33,492 tests processed since the last report. 

Ontario reported 1,175 new COVID cases this week with daily totals ranging from 111 to 216 new cases. The weekly totals have been declining all month with 1,491 new cases reported from June 7 to 13, and 1,309 cases reported between June 14 and 20. 

As of Friday, June 26, Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has confirmed 592 cases of the coronavirus in the region to-date, and reported 474 of those cases as recovered. There have been 36 deaths linked to COVID in the region since March.

The health unit will not provide a local case update again until Monday, June 29. 

There are 82 active cases of COVID-19 in the region (77 in Simcoe County), including four people who have been hospitalized with the virus.

The average incidence rate for the province of Ontario is 231.9 cases per 100,000 people, and the rate for Simcoe County is 107.3 cases per 100,000 people. 

Case breakdown by municipality for Simcoe County as of June 26

Municipality  Total cases   Recoveries   Deaths   In Hospital   Last case reported   Incidence rate* 
Barrie 181 146 14   June 25 121.2
Bradford W-G 123 99 12   June 26 283.9
New Tecumseth 75 51 1 2 June 26 181
Innisfil 48 39   1 June 25 117.8
Orillia 18 15 2   June 23 53.8
Collingwood 15 15     May 19 62.5
Wasaga Beach 15 13 1   June 19 65.2
Clearview 8 6 1   June 15 not released
Springwater 13 11 1   June 22 61.9
Midland 6 6     April 29 not released
Oro-Medonte 6 4 2   June 1 not released
Adjala-Tosorontio 9 8     June 16 77.2
Essa 15 13 1   June 19 62.7
Ramara 10 7     June 23 96.3
Tiny 4 4     June 22 not released
Tay 5 5     May 19 not released
Penetanguishene 6 6     June 12 not released
Severn 10 7   1 June 23 66.8

*Incidence rate is the number of cases per 100,000 of the population for that municipality


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