Ontario confirms 173 new cases of coronavirus, 3 more deaths
Posted June 18, 2020 10:47 am.
Last Updated June 18, 2020 11:42 am.
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Ontario confirmed 173 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, continuing the downward trend that coincides with the gradual reopening of the economy. There were 190 cases reported yesterday.
Three more people have died, bringing the total death count to 2,553.
The provincial total of confirmed cases now stands at 32,917 with 85.1 per cent considered resolved.
The numbers of patients with COVID-19 in hospital, in intensive care and on ventilators all dropped to their lowest levels since the province started publicly reporting those figures at the beginning of April.
More than half of the province’s new cases come from Toronto, with 70 cases, and Peel Region, with 27.
Along with Windsor-Essex, those are the only areas not yet proceeding to Stage 2 of reopening as of Friday.
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