Public Health Ontario has reported an increase of 340 (1.5 per cent) of lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases today.
The provincial agency’s daily update also includes 23 deaths related to the coronavirus and another 340 reported recoveries.
Of the 23 deaths reported today, one person was between the ages of 40 and 59, nine people were between the ages of 60 and 79, and 13 people were over the age of 80.
There are now 934 people hospitalized with COVID-19, including 171 patients in intensive care, and 129 on ventilators.
According to today’s update, there were 16,217 tests processed on Friday, and there remains a backlog of 4,414 tests awaiting results. The province has completed 544,826 COVID-19 tests since the beginning of the pandemic.
In total, Public Health Ontario has reported 22,653 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province, and of those 17,360 people have recovered (76.6 per cent), and 1,881 people have died (8.3 per cent).
The Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care is reporting 189 long-term care homes in outbreak, and 82 with resolved outbreaks. There are 2,500 confirmed active cases in long-term care residents, and 1,631 active cases of positive staff. The ministry has reported 1,388 deaths of long-term care home residents, and five deaths of staff associated with COVID-19. Public Health Ontario has reported 867 long-term care resident deaths.
Public Health Ontario reports 77 hospital outbreaks and 114 retirement home outbreaks.
Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has confirmed 406 cases of COVID-19 in the Simcoe-Muskoka region, including 263 recoveries and 32 deaths. There are nine residents from the region hospitalized. The health unit announced it will not be updating its website over the long weekend, but will provide a local update on COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, May 19.
Public Health Ontario is reporting there are 417 cases in the Simcoe-Muskoka region.
The breakdown of cases in each municipality, according to the health unit as of Friday, May 17, is as follows:
Barrie (137 cases, 77 recoveries, 10 deaths, 1 in hospital), Bradford West Gwillimbury (88 cases, 62 recoveries, 12 deaths, 2 in hospital), New Tecumseth (33 cases, 21 recoveries, 2 in hospital, one death), Orillia (16 cases, 12 recoveries, 2 deaths), Collingwood (15 cases, 9 recoveries, 1 in hospital), Innisfil (29 cases, 19 recoveries), Springwater (8 cases, 5 recoveries, 1 death), Midland (6 cases, all recovered), Wasaga Beach (11 cases, 7 recoveries, 1 death), Oro-Medonte (5 cases, 2 recoveries, 2 deaths, 1 in hospital), Adjala-Tosorontio (7 cases, all recovered), Clearview (7 cases, 5 recoveries, one death), Essa (8 cases, 7 recoveries, 1 death), Ramara (5 cases, 2 recoveries), Tiny (3 cases, 2 recoveries), Tay (3 cases, 1 in hospital), Penetanguishene (3 cases, 2 recoveries), and Severn (3 cases, 1 recovered) for a total of 387 cases in Simcoe County, including 247 recoveries and eight hospitalizations.
There are also 19 confirmed positive cases in Muskoka, and 16 have recovered, one person from Muskoka Lakes has died.
The case rate (including lab-confirmed cases only) for Simcoe-Muskoka region is 69.5 cases per 100,000 population. The provincial average is 152.4 cases per 100,000 population.
