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Ontario reports 326 new cases of COVID-19 today

78 per cent of cases in the province are now reported recovered
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Public Health Ontario is reporting 326 new cases of COVID-19 today, which is an increase of 1.2 per cent to the total number of cases confirmed in the province to date. 

This week, the daily report from the province has ranged from 287 new cases (Tuesday) to 404 new cases (Monday). Last Sunday, the province reported 460 new cases of COVID-19.

Testing continues to be up with 17,014 tests completed since last report and 718,341 tests completed in the province to-date.

The province is also reporting about 78 per cent of all cases reported since the start of the pandemic are now considered recovered. 

There have been 27,859 cases confirmed in Ontario, and 21,810 are listed as recovered, which means 14 days have passed since the date of symptom onset and the individual is not currently hospitalized. 

There are 781 people hospitalized in the province, including 90 people on ventilators and 118 people in intensive care. 

There have also been 19 deaths since yesterday’s report from Public Health Ontario. Two more people between the ages of 40 and 59, seven people between the ages of 60 and 79, and 10 people over the age of 80 have died.

To date, at least 2,266 people (8.1 per cent) have died as a result of COVID-19, and the provincial public health agency reports 63 per cent (1,438 people) have been long-term care residents. The province has reported six deaths of long-term care workers. 

According to the Ministry of Long-Term Care, however, there have been 1,642 deaths of long-term care residents and seven staff deaths. Public Health Ontario typically lags behind the reporting of the ministry. 

Public health reports there are 187 active outbreaks at long-term care homes, 90 at retirement homes, and 47 active outbreaks at hospitals. 

There have been 5,035 cases confirmed in long-term care residents (some of which are now recovered), which is 18 per cent of all confirmed cases in Ontario. There have been 1,802 cases confirmed in health care workers employed at a facility in outbreak. The province reports a total of 4,705 cases in health care workers (17 per cent). 

As of Friday (May 29) afternoon, there have been 468 cases confirmed in the Simcoe-Muskoka region, and 373 people are reported recovered. There have been 36 deaths in the region, and 35 of those occurred in Simcoe County.

Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit does not provide COVID-19 updates on the weekends.

In Simcoe County, 356 of the 450 confirmed cases are now reported recovered, and eight people are hospitalized.

An outbreak previously declared over at Owen Hill Care Community in Barrie was reported active again after a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus.

All of the people from Muskoka District who tested positive for the coronavirus have now recovered, one man from Muskoka Lakes has died.

The case rate (including lab-confirmed cases only) for the Simcoe-Muskoka region is 78.1 cases per 100,000 population. The provincial average is 187.4 cases per 100,000 population.


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