For the first time ever no Mississauga, Brampton areas reported in Ontario’s 50 highest COVID-19 areas

With COVID-19 cases dropping rapidly, Peel Region (Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon) have hit a new milestone this previous week: Having no neighbourhoods in Ontario’s 50 highest COVID-19 positivity areas.

Additionally, this is the first week in which Peel has a lower COVID-19 positivity than the province overall.

Toronto-based research group ICES ranked all 34 public health units in Ontario for the week of June 27 to July 3 based on their percent positivity (percentage of positive tests in the area).

Peel, which regularly topped the list during the height of the pandemic, is now listed 14th at just 1.03% positivity.

Ontario overall is listed 13th at 1.16%.

The top 15 public health units are listed above

For all Ontario residents, the percent positivity among those tested for COVID-19 during the week of June 27 was 1.2%, compared to 1.7% during the week of June 13.

Ontario has reached 75% overall vaccine coverage (at least one dose) among those aged 12 and up as of July 4, 2021.

The full data is available to read here.

Data courtesy of ICES, photo courtesy of The Canadian Press