Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting a record-high single day increase of 4,227 new cases today, with 9 public health units in Ontario reporting triple-digit cases. The seven-day average of daily cases has increased by 163 to 3,256. The number of people hospitalized because of COVID-19, in ICUs, and on ventilators continues to increase.
There are now 11,492 cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant in Ontario, an increase of 1,860 from yesterday, with 1 more case of the B.1.351 South Africa variant and 2 more cases of the P.1 Brazilian variant.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 48 new cases to report and an additional 40 cases resolved, with the number of active cases climbing by 10 to 381. See below for detailed numbers from each regional health unit.
Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (1,218), Peel (762), York (532), Durham (247), Ottawa (246), Halton (174), Middlesex-London (159), Hamilton (133), and Niagara (107).
There are double-digit increases today in Simcoe Muskoka (96), Windsor-Essex (69), Waterloo (67), Eastern Ontario (64), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (64), Lambton (35), Brant (30), Southwestern (24), Sudbury (23), Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (22), Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (18), Grey Bruce (17), Haldimand-Norfolk (17), Hastings Prince Edward (16), Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (16), Renfrew (12), and Peterborough (10), with smaller increases in Northwestern (9), Chatham-Kent (9), Porcupine (8), Huron Perth (8), and Thunder Bay (7).
The remaining 3 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with all health units reporting at least 1 cases.
Of today’s new cases, 57% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (1,599) among people ages 20-39 followed by 1,229 cases among people ages 40-59 and 799 cases among people 19 and under.
With 2,641 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has decreased by 0.3% to 90.2%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 0.3% to 6.3%, meaning that 63 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on April 8.
Ontario is reporting 18 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 1 new death in a long-term care home. Ontario has averaged 14 new daily deaths over the past week, a decrease of 1 from yesterday.
The number of hospitalizations increased by 75 yesterday to 1,492, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs increasing by 27 to 552 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators increasing by 28 to 359.
With 61,410 tests completed yesterday, Ontario has administered more than 13 million tests during the pandemic. The backlog of tests under investigation has increased by 168 to 42,572.
A total of 2,940,166 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 105,382, with 328,598 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 2,238.
The number of fully vaccinated people represents 2.23% of Ontario’s population, an increase of 0.01% from yesterday, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 19.96% of the population, an increase of 0.72% from yesterday. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
There are 199 new cases in Ontario schools, a decrease of 102 from yesterday, including 160 student cases, 36 staff cases, and 3 cases among unidentified people. There are 67 new cases in licensed child care settings in Ontario, a decrease of 85 from yesterday, including 39 cases among children and 28 cases among staff.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 48 new cases to report, including 18 in Hastings Prince Edward, 15 in Peterborough, 12 in Northumberland, 2 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Haliburton.
An outbreak at an unidentified workplace in Peterborough County was declared on April 9.
There are 6 new hospitalizations in Hastings Prince Edward, including 4 people in ICU and 2 on ventilators.
There are 26 new regional cases of variants of concern, including 16 in Hastings Prince Edward and 10 in Peterborough.
An additional 40 cases have been resolved, including 20 in Hastings Prince Edward, 8 in Northumberland, 6 in Peterborough, 5 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Haliburton. An outbreak at The Richmond Retirement Residence in Belleville was declared resolved on April 9.
There are currently 381 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, an increase of 10 from yesterday, including 169 in Hastings Prince Edward (51 in Quinte West, 70 in Belleville, 8 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 3 in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, 15 in Prince Edward County, 20 in Central Hastings, and 1 in North Hastings), 101 in Peterborough, 82 in Northumberland, 23 in Kawartha Lakes, and 6 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 975 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (862 resolved with 12 deaths), 615 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (550 resolved with 55 deaths), 595 in Northumberland County (501 resolved with 12 deaths), 76 in Haliburton County (69 resolved with 1 death), and 688 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (513 resolved with 6 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on April 8.
The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 4 p.m. the previous day, as well as from systems in Toronto, Ottawa, and Middlesex-London at 2 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. There may be discrepancies between the Ontario data reported today (which is from yesterday) and the local health unit data reported today (which is from today).
Peterborough Public Health
Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.
The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 975 (increase of 15)
Total variants of concern cases: 274 (increase of 10)
Active cases: 101 (increase of 9)
Close contacts: 272 (increase of 15)
Deaths: 12 (no change)
Resolved: 862 (increase of 6)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 32 (no change)*
Total tests completed: Over 47,500 (no change)
Outbreaks: Empress Gardens retirement home in Peterborough, Unidentified workplace #2 in Peterborough, Unidentified workplace #3 in Peterborough, Champlain Annex at Trent University in Peterborough, Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School in Peterborough, Unidentified workplace #4 in Peterborough County (increase of 1)*
Vaccine doses administered: 34,612 (increase of 4,179 as of April 8)
*As of April 9, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting fewer than 10 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (decrease of 2) and 33 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (no change).
**An outbreak at an unidentified workplace in Peterborough County was declared on April 9.
Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.
The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding Sundays and statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 1,286, including 615 in Kawartha Lakes, 595 in Northumberland, and 76 in Haliburton (increase of 15, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes, 12 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton)*
Cases with N501Y mutation: 118, including 41 in Kawartha Lakes, 76 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change)**
Active cases: 111, including 23 in Kawartha Lakes, 82 in Northumberland, and 6 in Haliburton (net increase of 4)
Probable cases: 2 in Northumberland (no change)
High-risk contacts: 384, including 54 in Kawartha Lakes, 233 in Northumberland, and 15 in Haliburton (net increase of 27)***
Hospitalizations (total to date): 53, including 32 in Kawartha Lakes, 18 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (no change)****
Deaths (including among probable cases): 68, including 55 in Kawartha Lakes, 12 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change)
Resolved: 1,120, including 550 in Kawartha Lakes, 501 in Northumberland, 69 in Haliburton (increase of 14, including 5 in Kawartha Lakes, 8 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton)
Tests completed: 167,402 (increase of 3)
Vaccine doses administered: 30,408 (last updated April 6)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 2,989 (last updated April 6)
Outbreaks: St. Mary Catholic Secondary School in Cobourg, Timber House Resort in Brighton, Swiss Chalet in Cobourg, Christian Horizons in Port Hope (no change)
*The health unit states that total counts and counts for individual counties may fluctuate from previously reported counts as cases are transferred to or from the health unit based on case investigation details and routine data cleaning.
**The N501Y mutation has been identified in variants of concern including the B.1.1.7 UK variant, the B.1.351 South Africa variant, and the P.1 Brazilian variant.
***This total includes an additional 84 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.
****As of April 9, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 5 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (increase of 2).
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.
The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 688 (increase of 18)
Confirmed variants of concern cases: 108 (increase of 16)
Active cases: 169 (decrease of 2)
Deaths: 6 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 8 (increase of 6)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 4 (increase of 4)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 2 (increase of 2)
Resolved: 513 (increase of 20)
Tests completed: 88,320
Vaccine doses administered: 39,316 (increase of 1,329)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 3,204 (increase of 5)
Outbreaks: Unidentified workplace in Trenton, Unidentified setting in Belleville, Unidentified child care facility in Belleville, Unidentified workplace in Quinte West, Tri-board Bus #499 (decrease of 1)*
*An outbreak at The Richmond Retirement Residence in Belleville was declared resolved on April 9.
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 378,339 (increase of 4,227)
COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) cases: 11,492 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 1,860); 76 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (increase of 1); 133 of P.1 Brazilian variant (increase of 2)*
VOC R(t): 1.23 (decrease of 0.01, last updated April 2)**
7-day average of daily new cases: 3,256 (increase of 163)
Positivity rate: 6.3% (increase of 0.3%)
Resolved: 341,200 (increase of 2,641), 90.2% of all cases (decrease of 0.3%)
Hospitalizations: 1,492 (increase of 75)
Hospitalizations in ICU: 552 (increase of 27)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 359 (increase of 28)
Deaths: 7,512 (increase of 18)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 14 (decrease of 1)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,905 (increase of 1)
Total tests completed: 13,030,542 (increase of 61,410)
Tests under investigation: 42,572 (increase of 168)
Vaccination doses administered: 2,940,166 (increase of 105,382), 19.96% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.72%)***
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 328,598 (increase of 2,238), 2.23% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.01%)***
*On April 8, the government changed the way it reports cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant. Previously they were reported only when genetic sequencing confirmed they were of the B.1.1.7 lineage. Since genetic sequencing completed to date has determined 95% of specimens screening positive for the N501Y mutation have been found to be the B.1.1.7 UK variant, specimens with the N501Y mutation are now reported as cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant.
**R(t) is a virus’s effective reproduction number, which is the average number of new infections caused by a single infected individual at a specific time (t) in a partially immunized population. To successfully eliminate a disease from a population, R(t) needs to be less than 1.
***An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.
