Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 4,156 new cases today, with the seven-day average of daily cases increasing by 135 to a new record high of 4,003. For the fifth day in a row, 10 public health units are reporting at least triple-digit increases.
There are now 24,467 cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant in Ontario, an increase of 3,980 from yesterday, with 3 more cases of the B.1.351 South Africa variant, and 33 more cases of the P.1 Brazilian variant.
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 has reached another record high, as has the number of patients in ICUs.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 70 new cases to report and an additional 62 cases resolved, with the number of active cases increasing by 5 to 462. See below for detailed numbers from each regional health unit.
Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (1,254), Peel (593), York (476), Ottawa (340), Durham (248), Halton (192), Hamilton (189), Niagara (149), Middlesex-London (121), and Waterloo (106).
There are double-digit increases today in Simcoe Muskoka (70), Brant (66), Eastern Ontario (47), Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (45), Windsor-Essex (40), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (40), Haldimand-Norfolk (38), Hastings Prince Edward (20), Southwestern (20), Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (18), Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (15), Sudbury (14), Peterborough (14), and Grey Bruce (11), with smaller increases in Lambton (8), Northwestern (6), and Algoma (6).
The remaining 7 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with only 1 health unit (Renfrew) reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s new cases, 54% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (1,490) among people ages 20-39 followed by 1,271 cases among people ages 40-59 and 755 cases among people 19 and under.
With 3,160 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has decreased by 0.1% to 88.9%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has decreased by 1.7% to 8.6%, meaning that 86 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on April 13.
Ontario is reporting 28 new COVID-19 deaths today, with no new deaths in long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 19 new daily deaths over the past week, an increase of 1 from yesterday.
The number of hospitalizations increased by 55 to 1,877, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs increasing by 16 to 642, and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators remaining the same at 422.
A total of 54,211 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation increasing by 9,569 to 45,248.
A total of 3,422,974 doses of vaccine have now been administered, a record increase of 112,817 from yesterday, with 337,206 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 1,944.
The number of fully vaccinated people represents 2.29% of Ontario’s population, an increase of 0.01% from yesterday, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 22.47% of the population, an increase of 0.65% from yesterday. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 70 new cases to report, including 27 in Peterborough, 14 in Kawartha Lakes, 14 in Northumberland, 13 in Hastings Prince Edward, and 2 in Haliburton.
A new outbreak at an unidentified workplace in Peterborough was declared on April 13. There are 4 new hospitalizations in Hastings Prince Edward, 2 new hospitalizations in Peterborough, and 1 new hospitalization in Northumberland.
There are 11 new regional cases of variants of concern, including 5 in Northumberland, 3 in Peterborough, 2 in Hastings Prince Edward, and 1 in Kawartha Lakes.
An additional 62 cases have been resolved, including 23 in Hastings Prince Edward, 21 in Northumberland, 13 in Peterborough, 3 in Kawartha Lakes, and 2 in Haliburton. An outbreak at an unidentified workplace in Peterborough was declared resolved on April 14.
There are currently 462 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, an increase of 5 from yesterday, including 150 in Hastings Prince Edward (32 in Quinte West, 73 in Belleville, 9 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 1 in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, 18 in Prince Edward County, 12 in Central Hastings, and 5 in North Hastings), 132 in Peterborough, 124 in Northumberland, 46 in Kawartha Lakes, and 10 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,054 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (910 resolved with 12 deaths), 648 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (560 resolved with 55 deaths), 681 in Northumberland County (545 resolved with 12 deaths), 83 in Haliburton County (72 resolved with 1 death), and 761 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (604 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: 1,054 (increase of 25)*
Total variants of concern cases: 313 (increase of 3)
Active cases: 132 (increase of 12)
Close contacts: 408 (decrease of 32)
Deaths: 12 (no change)
Resolved: 910 (increase of 13)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 36 (increase of 2)**
Total tests completed: Over 48,000 (no change)
Outbreaks: Empress Gardens retirement home 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, Unidentified workplace #5 in Peterborough (no net change)***
Vaccine doses administered: 34,612 (increase of 4,179 as of April 8)
*The health unit is reporting 27 new cases in the last 24 hours, with 2 previous cases removed increasing the total case count by 25.
**As of April 14, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 24 patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 (an increase of 5) and a total of 40 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (no change).
***An outbreak at an unidentified workplace (#2) in Peterborough was declared resolved on April 14. An outbreak at an unidentified workplace (#5) in Peterborough was declared on April 13.
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: 1,412, including 648 in Kawartha Lakes, 681 in Northumberland, and 83 in Haliburton (increase of 30, including 14 in Kawartha Lakes, 14 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton)*
Cases with N501Y mutation: 194, including 60 in Kawartha Lakes, 129 in Northumberland, and 5 in Haliburton (increase of 6, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 5 in Northumberland)**
Active cases: 180, including 46 in Kawartha Lakes, 124 in Northumberland, and 10 in Haliburton (net increase of 3)
Probable cases: 1 in Kawartha Lakes (no change)
High-risk contacts: Not available***
Hospitalizations (total to date): 54, including 32 in Kawartha Lakes, 19 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Northumberland)****
Deaths (including among probable cases): 68, including 55 in Kawartha Lakes, 12 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change)
Resolved: 1,177, including 560 in Kawartha Lakes, 545 in Northumberland, and 72 in Haliburton (increase of 26, including 3 in Kawartha Lakes, 21 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton)
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 (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.
***The health unit is no longer reporting high-risk contacts due to a “process change of not collecting high risk information”.
****As of April 14, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 6 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (increase of 1).
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: 761 (increase of 13)
Confirmed variants of concern cases: 155 (increase of 2)
Active cases: 150 (decrease of 10)
Deaths: 7 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 13 (increase of 4)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 4 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 1 (no change)
Resolved: 604 (increase of 23)
Tests completed: 120,686 (increase of 10)
Vaccine doses administered: 43,318 (no change)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 3,224 (no change)
Outbreaks: Unidentified workplace in Trenton, Unidentified workplace in Belleville, Unidentified child care facility in Belleville, Unidentified congregate living facility in Quinte West, Tri-board Bus #499 in Belleville, Unidentified congregate living facility in Belleville (no change)
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 398,835 (increase of 4,156)
COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) cases: 24,467 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 3,980); 84 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (increase of 3); 176 of P.1 Brazilian variant (increase of 33)*
VOC R(t): 1.23 (last updated April 2)**
7-day average of daily new cases: 4,003 (increase of 135)
Positivity rate: 8.6% (decrease of 1.7%)
Resolved: 354,417 (increase of 3,160), 88.9% of all cases (decrease of 0.1%)
Hospitalizations: 1,877 (increase of 55)
Hospitalizations in ICU: 642 (increase of 16)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 422 (no change)
Deaths: 7,610 (increase of 28)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 19 (increase of 1)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,908 (no change)
Total tests completed: 13,292,666 (increase of 54,211)
Tests under investigation: 45,248 (increase of 9,569)
Vaccination doses administered: 3,422,974 (increase of 112,817), 23.23% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.77%)***
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 337,206 (increase of 1,944), 2.29% 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.
