Ontario reports 184 new COVID cases Wednesday

Public Health Ontario has reported 184 new COVID-19 cases in its latest report (June 30). 

Today's update also includes 322 recoveries and 14 deaths. 

The June 30 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:

• 251 COVID-positive people are currently hospitalized in Ontario, down from 257 yesterday. 
• There are 271 patients in intensive care units with COVID-related illness
• 181 people are on ventilators due to COVID-related illness
• The province reported 27,258 tests were processed yesterday, resulting in a 1 per cent positivity rate. 
• Today's cases include 49 individuals aged 19 and under, 55 people between 20 and 39 years old, 50 people between 40 and 59 years old, 23 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 8 people aged 80 and over.

Vaccines

• There were 265,231 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 administered yesterday.
• 14,472,741 doses of vaccine have been administered.
• In total, 4,563,469 people have been fully vaccinated.

Public Health Ontario has confirmed 544,897 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 533,472 recoveries and 9,168 deaths.

The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 3,665.8 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.

Ontario's average weekly incidence rate is 12.8 cases per 100,000 people, which is down by 18.5 per cent from the prior seven-day period. 

Northern Ontario 

In Northern Ontario, the breakdown of Public Health Ontario data is:

• Algoma Public Health: 400 cases, weekly rate of 0.9 cases per 100,000 people. There is one known active case.
• North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit: 596 cases, weekly rate of 47 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 598  cases. There are 76 known active cases. 
• Porcupine Health Unit: 2,054 cases, weekly rate of 87.5 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 2,055 cases. There are 75 known active cases.
• Public Health Sudbury and Districts: 2,145 cases, weekly rate of 12.1 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 2,166 cases. There are 28 known active cases. 
• Timiskaming Health Unit: 208 cases, weekly rate of 0 cases per 100,000 people. There are no known active cases. 
• Northwestern Health Unit: 1,089 cases, weekly rate of 6.8 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 1,087. There are eight known active cases, including one active case outside of the catchment area.
• Thunder Bay District Health Unit: 3,337 cases, weekly rate of 4.7 cases per 100,000 people. There are six known active cases. 

The data from Northern Ontario health units is based on what was available at 10:30 a.m. today.