Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Today, with the provincial government announcing schools will remain closed after the spring break, Ontario is reporting 4,401 new cases, with 10 public health units reporting at least triple-digit increases for the third day in a row. The seven-day average of daily cases has increased by 209 to 3,782.
There are now 16,540 cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant in Ontario, an increase of 2,153 from yesterday, with 3 more cases of the B.1.351 South Africa variant and 6 more cases of the B.1.351 South Africa variant. The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19, in ICUs, and on ventilators have reached record highs at 1,646, 619, and 408 respectively.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 60 new cases to report and an additional 39 cases resolved, with the number of active cases increasing by 20 to 405. See below for detailed numbers from each regional health unit.
Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (1,282), Peel (772), York (564), Ottawa (339), Durham (224), Halton (177), Niagara (147), Simcoe Muskoka (135), Hamilton (129), and Middlesex-London (112).
There are double-digit increases today in Waterloo (90), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (78), Windsor-Essex (64), Eastern Ontario (38), Southwestern (33), Brant (30), Haldimand-Norfolk (26), Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (22), Sudbury (21), Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (20), Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (17), Lambton (17), Hastings Prince Edward (14), Peterborough (13), Thunder Bay (11), and Grey Bruce (11), with a smaller increases in Huron Perth (9).
The remaining 7 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 2 health units (Porcupine and Renfrew) reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s new cases, 56% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (1,601) among people ages 20-39 followed by 1,303 cases among people ages 40-59 and 858 cases among people 19 and under.
With 2,445 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has decreased by 0.4% to 89.2%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 1.8% to 9.5%, meaning that 95 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on April 11.
Ontario is reporting 15 new COVID-19 deaths today, with 1 new death in a long-term care home. Ontario has averaged 17 new daily deaths over the past week, an increase of 1 from yesterday.
The number of hospitalizations increased by 133 from yesterday to 1,646, 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 14 to 619, and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators has increased by 26 to 408.
A total of 47,929 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 7,040 to 24,796.
A total of 3,214,465 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 74,722 from yesterday, with 333,419 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 269.
The number of fully vaccinated people represents 2.26% of Ontario’s population (no change from yesterday), with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 21.82% of the population, an increase of 0.51% from yesterday. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 60 new cases to report, including 21 in Northumberland, 17 in Hastings Prince Edward, 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 9 in Peterborough, and 2 in Haliburton.
An outbreak at Fenelon Court long-term care home in Fenelon Falls was declared on April 11. There are 3 new hospitalizations in Hastings Prince Edward, including 1 new ICU admission.
There are 55 new regional cases of variants of concern, including 25 in Northumberland, 20 in Peterborough, 8 in Hastings Prince Edward, and 2 in Kawartha Lakes.
An additional 39 cases have been resolved, including 15 in Northumberland, 13 in Hastings Prince Edward, 9 in Peterborough, 1 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Haliburton.
There are currently 405 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, an increase of 20 from yesterday, including 160 in Hastings Prince Edward (49 in Quinte West, 72 in Belleville, 5 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 2 in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, 13 in Prince Edward County, 17 in Central Hastings, and 1 in North Hastings), 103 in Peterborough, 99 in Northumberland, 35 in Kawartha Lakes, and 8 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,010 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (895 resolved with 12 deaths), 633 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (556 resolved with 55 deaths), 632 in Northumberland County (521 resolved with 12 deaths), 79 in Haliburton County (70 resolved with 1 death), and 728 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (561 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: 1,010 (increase of 8)*
Total variants of concern cases: 307 (increase of 20)
Active cases: 103 (decrease of 1)
Close contacts: 373 (increase of 32)
Deaths: 12 (no change)
Resolved: 895 (increase of 9)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 32 (no change)**
Total tests completed: Over 47,950 (increase of 350)
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 (no change)
Vaccine doses administered: 34,612 (increase of 4,179 as of April 8)
*The health unit is reporting 9 new cases in the last 24 hours. One case has been removed from a previous day, increasing the total case count by 8.
**As of April 12, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 14 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (an increase of at least 4) and 39 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (an increase of 6).
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 include April 11 and 12.
Confirmed positive: 1,344, including 633 in Kawartha Lakes, 632 in Northumberland, and 79 in Haliburton (increase of 34, including 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 21 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton)*
Cases with N501Y mutation: 148, including 44 in Kawartha Lakes, 102 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (increase of 27, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes and 25 in Northumberland)**
Active cases: 142, including 35 in Kawartha Lakes, 99 in Northumberland, and 8 in Haliburton (increase of 17, including 10 in Kawartha Lakes, 6 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton)
Probable cases: 2, including 1 in Haliburton and 1 in Kawartha Lakes (no net change)
High-risk contacts: 422, including 63 in Kawartha Lakes, 263 in Northumberland, and 11 in Haliburton (net increase of 11)***
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: 1,147, including 556 in Kawartha Lakes, 521 in Northumberland, and 70 in Haliburton (increase of 17, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes, 15 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton)
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: 167,408 (increase of 3)
Vaccine doses administered: 38,415 (increase of 8,007 as of April 12)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 3,047 (increase of 58 as of April 12)
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, Fenelon Court long-term care home in Fenelon Falls (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 76 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.
****As of April 12, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 4 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (decrease of 1).
*****An outbreak at Fenelon Court long-term care home in Fenelon Falls was declared on April 11.
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: 728 (increase of 17)
Confirmed variants of concern cases: 149 (increase of 8)
Active cases: 160 (increase of 4)
Deaths: 7 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 10 (increase of 3)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 3 (increase of 1)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 1 (no change)
Resolved: 561 (increase of 13)
Tests completed: 120,639 (increase of 412)
Vaccine doses administered: 41,953 (increase of 484)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 3,216 (increase of 2)
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: 391,009 (increase of 4,401)
COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) cases: 16,540 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 2,153); 81 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (increase of 3); 140 of P.1 Brazilian variant (increase of 6)*
VOC R(t): 1.23 (decrease of 0.01, last updated April 2)**
7-day average of daily new cases: 3,782 (increase of 209)
Positivity rate: 9.5% (increase of 1.8%)
Resolved: 348,684 (increase of 2,445), 89.2% of all cases (decrease of 0.4%)
Hospitalizations: 1,646 (increase of 133)***
Hospitalizations in ICU: 619 (increase of 14)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 408 (increase of 26)
Deaths: 7,567 (increase of 15)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 17 (increase of 1)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,908 (increase of 1)
Total tests completed: 13,196,288 (increase of 47,929)
Tests under investigation: 24,796 (decrease of 7,040)
Vaccination doses administered: 3,214,465 (increase of 74,722), 21.82% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.51%)****
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 333,419 (increase of 269), 2.26% of Ontario’s population (no change)****
*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.
