Ontario has added 216 new cases of COVID-19. In a tweet, Health Minister Christine Elliott says 78-percent of the new cases are from Toronto, Peel, and Windsor-Essex. Elliott also says hospitalizations have increased today with 288 people in the hospital, but they remain well below peak levels when there were more than 1,000 patients in hospitals. She added that the number of people in Intensive Care Units and on ventilators has decreased.
The province’s total number of cases is now 33,853. Another 10 people died in the last 24 hours bringing the death toll from the virus to 2,619.
The recovery rate remains at 86-percent. Ministry of Health data shows only 16,189 tests were done yesterday, well below the numbers we have been seeing in recent weeks.
Ontario is reporting 216 new cases of #COVID19 today, a 0.6% increase with 168 of them, or 78%, coming from Toronto, Peel, York and Windsor. Locally, 27 of Ontario’s 34 public health units are reporting five or fewer cases, with 17 of them reporting no new cases at all.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) June 23, 2020
While it’s too early to draw conclusions from a single day of data, we’re watching closely for shifts in #COVID19 trends as we gradually reopen the province’s economy and as local public health officials work quickly to contain any spread.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) June 23, 2020
