Public Health Ontario is reporting 189 new cases of COVID-19 today, with nearly 40 per cent of those cases in people between the ages of 20 and 39.
According to today's epidemiological report, the cases reported today include 90 people under the age of 39 with 20 under 20 years old, and another 87 people between the ages of 40 and 79. There are 13 new cases in people over the age of 80.
More than 20,000 of Ontario's total COVID-19 cases are people aged 20 to 59.
The province is reporting 10 more deaths attributed to COVID-19 today, including three people between 60 and 79 years old, and seven people over the age of 80.
In Ontario, 31 per cent of people over 80 who have contracted COVID-19 have died. Ten per cent of people aged 60 to 79 who have tested positive for the coronavirus have died and one per cent of people between the ages of 40 and 59 who have contracted the virus have died. There have been 12 deaths of people under 40 reported by Public Health Ontario, which is about 0.1 per cent of those in that age group who have tested positive for COVID-19.
Public Health Ontario has reported a total of 34,205 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 since January. Of those, 29,528 are now considered recovered, and 2,641 people have died, leaving 2,036 active cases of the coronavirus in the province.
There are 270 patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19, including 69 patients in intensive care units and 47 patients on ventilators.
Since the last report, Ontario has added 192 recoveries and 27,511 tests processed.
There are 18 known active cases of the virus in Northern Ontario.
Today's provincial report includes data from Jan. 15 to June 24 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 - 24 cases, rate of 21 per 100,000 population. All of the cases are resolved.
• 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 - 67, rate of 80.3 per 100,000 population. Of the confirmed cases, 57 are resolved and eight people have died. There are two known active cases of the virus. The last positive test was done June 21.
• Public Health Sudbury and Districts - 67 cases, rate of 33.7 per 100,000 population. There are 64 resolved cases and two people have died. There is one known active case.
• 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 - 90 cases, rate of 60 per 100,000 population. There are 84 resolved cases and one person has died. There are five known active cases, three of which are hospitalized.
• Northwestern Health Unit - 36 cases, rate of 41.1 per 100,000 population. There are 27 resolved cases, and 9 active ones.
The Ontario rate of infection per 100,000 population is 230.1.
