Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Today, Ontario is reporting 4,456 new cases today — the highest daily number of new cases since the pandemic began — with 10 public health units in Ontario reporting at least triple-digit cases for the second day in a row.
The seven-day average of daily cases has increased by 202 to 3,573. There are now 14,387 cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant in Ontario, an increase of 1,174 from yesterday, with 2 more cases of the B.1.351 South Africa variant.
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 and in ICUs has reached a record high of 605.
Ontario is reporting 21 new deaths, the highest single-day increase since March 4, with none of the deaths in long-term care homes. Of the 21 deaths, 11 were among people 80 and over, 7 among people ages 60-79, 2 among people ages 40-59, and 1 is a person ages 20-39.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 24 new cases to report and an additional 20 cases resolved, with the number of active cases increasing by 2 to 385. Reports for Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton are not available on Sundays. See below for detailed numbers from each regional health unit.
Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (with a record increase of 1,353), Peel (860), York (444), Ottawa (377), Durham (329), Middlesex-London (159), Niagara (120), Halton (118), Hamilton (116), and Simcoe Muskoka (101).
There are double-digit increases today in Waterloo (63), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (61), Eastern Ontario (53), Brant (35), Windsor-Essex (34), Lambton (24), Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (23), Sudbury (22), Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (22), Haldimand-Norfolk (19), Southwestern (18), Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (17), Peterborough (16), Northwestern (13), Grey Bruce (12), and Hastings Prince Edward (11), with smaller increases in Algoma (9), Huron Perth (9), Thunder Bay (7), and Chatham-Kent (6).
The remaining 4 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 2 health units (North Bay Parry Sound and Timiskaming) reporting no new cases.
Of today’s new cases, 56% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (1,711) among people ages 20-39 followed by 1,281 cases among people ages 40-59 and 782 cases among people 19 and under.
With 2,617 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has decreased by 0.3% to 89.6%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 1.2% to 7.7%, meaning that 77 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on April 10.
Ontario is reporting 21 new COVID-19 deaths today, with no new deaths in long-term care homes. Of the 21 deaths, 11 were among people 80 and over, 7 among people ages 60-79, 2 among people ages 40-59, and 1 is a person ages 20-39. Ontario has averaged 16 new daily deaths over the past week, an increase of 1 from yesterday.
The number of hospitalizations decreased by 11 yesterday to 1,513, but this number does not include data from more than 10% of hospitals, so the actual number of hospitalized people may be higher. The number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs has increased by 20 to a record high 605, and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators has decreased by 2 to 382.
A total of 56,378 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 11,127 to 31,836.
A total of 3,139,743 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 94,794 from yesterday, with 333,150 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 2,168.
The number of fully vaccinated people represents 2.26% of Ontario’s population, an increase of 0.01% from yesterday, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 21.31% of the population, an increase of 0.64% from yesterday. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 24 new cases to report, including 15 in Hastings Prince Edward and 9 in Peterborough. Updated numbers for Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton are not available as the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit does not issue a report on Sundays.
An outbreak at an unidentified congregate living facility in Peterborough was declared on April 11.
There are 27 new regional cases of variants of concern, including 21 in Hastings Prince Edward and 6 in Peterborough.
An additional 20 cases have been resolved, including 11 in Hastings Prince Edward and 9 in Peterborough.
There are currently 385 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, an increase of 2 from yesterday, including 156 in Hastings Prince Edward (44 in Quinte West, 72 in Belleville, 6 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 3 in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, 13 in Prince Edward County, 17 in Central Hastings, and 1 in North Hastings), 104 in Peterborough, 93 in Northumberland, 25 in Kawartha Lakes, and 7 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,002 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (886 resolved with 12 deaths), 622 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (555 resolved with 55 deaths), 611 in Northumberland County (506 resolved with 12 deaths), 77 in Haliburton County (69 resolved with 1 death), and 711 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (548 resolved with 7 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Hastings Prince Edward on April 10.
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: 1,002 (increase of 9)
Total variants of concern cases: 287 (increase of 6)
Active cases: 104 (no change)
Close contacts: 341 (increase of 39)
Deaths: 12 (no change)
Resolved: 886 (increase of 9)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 32 (no change)*
Total tests completed: Over 47,600 (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, Unidentified congregate living facility #3 in Peterborough (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 congregate living facility in Peterborough was declared on April 11.
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. These numbers are from April 10.
Confirmed positive: 1,310, including 622 in Kawartha Lakes, 611 in Northumberland, and 77 in Haliburton (increase of 21, including 6 in Kawartha Lakes and 15 in Northumberland)*
Cases with N501Y mutation: 121, including 42 in Kawartha Lakes, 77 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (increase of 3, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes, 1 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton)**
Active cases: 124, including 25 in Kawartha Lakes, 93 in Northumberland, and 7 in Haliburton (increase of 14, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes, 11 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton)
Probable cases: 2 in Northumberland (no change)
High-risk contacts: 410, including 53 in Kawartha Lakes, 254 in Northumberland, and 14 in Haliburton (net increase of 26)***
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: 1,130, including 555 in Kawartha Lakes, 506 in Northumberland, 69 in Haliburton (increase of 10, including 5 in Kawartha Lakes and 5 in Northumberland)
Tests completed: 167,405 (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, Cobourg Collegiate Institute in Cobourg (increase of 1)*****
*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 89 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).
*****An outbreak at Cobourg Collegiate Institute in Cobourg was declared on April 9.
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: 711 (increase of 15)
Confirmed variants of concern cases: 141 (increase of 21)
Active cases: 156 (increase of 2)
Deaths: 7 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 7 (decrease of 1)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 2 (decrease of 1)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 1 (decrease of 1)
Resolved: 548 (increase of 11)
Tests completed: 120,227 (increase of 4,931)
Vaccine doses administered: 41,469 (increase of 722)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 3,214 (increase of 3)
Outbreaks: Unidentified workplace in Trenton, Unidentified setting in Belleville, Unidentified child care facility in Belleville, Unidentified workplace in Quinte West, Tri-board Bus #499 (no change)
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 386,608 (increase of 4,456)
COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) cases: 14,387 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 1,174); 78 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (increase of 2); 134 of P.1 Brazilian variant (no change)*
VOC R(t): 1.23 (decrease of 0.01, last updated April 2)**
7-day average of daily new cases: 3,573 (increase of 202)
Positivity rate: 7.7% (increase of 1.2%)
Resolved: 346,239 (increase of 2,617), 89.6% of all cases (decrease of 0.3%)
Hospitalizations: 1,513 (decrease of 11)***
Hospitalizations in ICU: 605 (increase of 20)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 382 (decrease of 2)
Deaths: 7,552 (increase of 21)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 16 (increase of 1)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,907 (no change)
Total tests completed: 13,148,359 (increase of 56,378)
Tests under investigation: 31,836 (decrease of 11,127)
Vaccination doses administered: 3,139,743 (increase of 94,794), 21.31% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.64%)****
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 333,150 (increase of 2,168), 2.26% 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.
***More than 10% of hospitals did not submit data for this report, so the actual number of hospitalizations may be higher than reported.
****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.
