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Ontario reports 361 new COVID-19 cases, 56 more deaths

The province has now seen 1,725 deaths associated with the virus, with nearly half of all deaths occurring in long-term care homes
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There were 361 new confirmed COVID-19 cases reported in Ontario over the past day, for a total of 20,907 cases since the pandemic began.

The province also reports 56 more COVID-19 deaths, for a total of 1,725 deaths associated with the virus to date.

Of those confirmed to have contracted the virus in Ontario, 15,391 people have recovered.

A total of 450,921 people have been tested for COVID-19 in Ontario, with 11,957 tests conducted yesterday. There are still 10,811 people under investigation as potential COVID-19 cases.

There are currently 1,025 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario, with 192 of these patients in the ICU and 146 on ventilators.

There are now 249 COVID-19 outbreaks in Ontario long-term care homes — an increase of four outbreaks over yesterday — accounting for 812 deaths among residents and two among staff.

There have also been 98 outbreaks in Ontario retirement homes, with 105 deaths among residents/patients, and 73 in hospitals, where there have been 52 deaths of patients.

Public Health Sudbury and Districts reports 61 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The last confirmed case was on May 10. Of those cases, 56 people have now recovered, and two have died.

Thirteen of these cases are related to outbreaks in six long-term care homes, as well as one of the two deaths. 

A total of 8,693 COVID-19 tests have been performed by Public Health Sudbury, with 8,100 coming back negative, and 532 people still under investigation. This data now includes ongoing targeted surveillance in long-term care homes and emergency child care centres.

There are now 273 cases of COVID-19 in Northern Ontario, with the largest number of cases (78) reported by the Thunder Bay & District Health Unit.

In Canada as a whole, there are now 70,342 confirmed COVID-19 cases, along with 5,049 deaths associated with the virus.


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