Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
After yesterday’s dip under 4,000, today Ontario is reporting 4,212 new cases, with the seven-day average of daily cases increasing by 8 to 4,327. Toronto is reporting 1,249 cases, and 10 other health units are reporting triple-digit increases. There are 2,119 more cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant, 3 more cases of the B.1.351 South Africa variant, and 1 more case of the P.1 Brazilian variant.
Hospitalizations have dropped slightly, but ICU admissions and patients on ventilators continue to increase to record highs, with Ontario reporting 32 new deaths. Ontario has now administered more than 4 million doses of vaccine.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 23 new cases to report and an additional 57 cases resolved, with the number of active cases decreasing by 36 to 317.
Most of the new cases reported today are in Toronto (1,249), Peel (771), York (386), Hamilton (276), Durham (214), Niagara (201), Ottawa (177), Halton (168), Simcoe Muskoka (124), Waterloo (120), and Middlesex-London (117).
There are double-digit increases reported today in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (82), Windsor-Essex (74), Brant (50), Southwestern (24), Eastern Ontario (22), Haldimand-Norfolk (21), Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (20), Thunder Bay (16), Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (13), Porcupine (11), Hastings Prince Edward (11), and Peterborough (11), with smaller increases in Northwestern (9), Timiskaming (9), Algoma (8), Sudbury (8), Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (8), and Grey Bruce (7).
The remaining 5 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 3 health units (North Bay Parry Sound, Renfrew, and Chatham-Kent) reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s new cases, 55% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (1,554) among people ages 20-39 followed by 1,263 cases among people ages 40-59 and 759 cases among people 19 and under.
With 4,204 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.1% to at 88.2%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has decreased by 2.1% to 7.9%, meaning that 79 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on April 20.
Ontario is reporting 32 new COVID-19 deaths today, with no new deaths in long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 26 new daily deaths over the past week, an increase of 1 from yesterday.
The number of hospitalizations has decreased by 25 to 2,335, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs increasing by 17 to 790 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators increasing by 29 to 566.
A total of 51,877 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation increasing by 2,902 to 32,119.
A total of 4,131,882 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 136,695 from yesterday, with 349,396 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 1,799 from yesterday.
The number of fully vaccinated people represents 2.37% of Ontario’s population, an increase of 0.01% from yesterday, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 28.04% of the population, an increase of 0.93% from yesterday. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 23 new cases to report, including 9 in Hastings Prince Edward, 8 in Peterborough, 4 in Kawartha Lakes, and 2 in Northumberland. There are no new cases in Haliburton.
An outbreak at Mariposa Elementary School in Oakwood was declared on April 20.
There are 4 new hospitalizations in Peterborough and 2 new ICU admissions in Hastings Prince Edward.
There are 14 new regional cases of variants of concern, including 7 in Hastings Prince Edward, 6 in Peterborough, and 1 in Northumberland.
An additional 57 cases have been resolved, including 19 in Peterborough, 19 in Hastings Prince Edward, 10 in Northumberland, 6 in Kawartha Lakes, and 3 in Haliburton. An outbreak related to Tri-board Bus #499 in Belleville was declared resolved on April 20.
There are currently 317 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 36 from yesterday, including 107 in Peterborough, 86 in Hastings Prince Edward (18 in Quinte West, 36 in Belleville, 4 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 9 in Prince Edward County, 13 in Central Hastings, and 6 in North Hastings), 81 in Northumberland, 35 in Kawartha Lakes, and 8 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,134 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,014 resolved with 13 deaths), 675 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (597 resolved with 56 deaths), 768 in Northumberland County (674 resolved with 13 deaths), 91 in Haliburton County (82 resolved with 1 death), and 835 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (741 resolved with 8 deaths). The two most recent deaths were reported in Northumberland and in Peterborough on April 20.
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: 1,134 (increase of 7)*
Total variants of concern cases: 379 (increase of 6)
Active cases: 107 (decrease of 12)
Close contacts: 337 (increase of 29)
Deaths: 13 (no change)
Resolved: 1,014 (increase of 19)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 44 (increase of 4)**
Total tests completed: Over 48,900 (increase of 100)
Outbreaks: Empress Gardens retirement home in Peterborough, Unidentified congregate living facility #3 in Peterborough, Unidentified workplace #5 in Peterborough, Unidentified workplace #6 in Peterborough, Trent Champlain Residence: West Towers in Peterborough (no change)
Vaccine doses administered: 41,148 (as of April 15)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 2,427 (as of April 15)
*The health unit is reporting 8 new cases in the last 24 hours. The total case count has increased by 7 because 1 previous case was removed.
**As of April 21, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 10 patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 (decrease of 6) and a total of 46 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (no change).
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: 1,534, including 675 in Kawartha Lakes, 768 in Northumberland, and 91 in Haliburton (increase of 6, including 4 in Kawartha Lakes and 2 in Northumberland)*
Cases with N501Y mutation: 251, including 90 in Kawartha Lakes, 147 in Northumberland, and 14 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Northumberland)**
Active cases: 124, including 35 in Kawartha Lakes, 81 in Northumberland, and 8 in Haliburton (decrease of 13, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes, 8 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton)
Probable cases: 2, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes (no change)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 56, including 33 in Kawartha Lakes, 20 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (no change)***
Deaths (including among probable cases): 70, including 56 in Kawartha Lakes, 13 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change)
Resolved: 1,353, including 597 in Kawartha Lakes, 674 in Northumberland, and 82 in Haliburton (increase of 19, including 6 in Kawartha Lakes, 10 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton)
Tests completed: 175,291 (increase of 775)
Vaccine doses administered: 51,711 (increase of 13,296 as of April 19)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 3,408 (increase of 361 as of April 19)
Outbreaks: St. Mary Catholic Secondary School in Cobourg, Cobourg Collegiate Institute in Cobourg, Fenelon Court long-term care home in Fenelon Falls, North Hope Central Public School in Campbellcroft, Grafton Public School in Grafton, Grafton Post Office in Grafton, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School in Lindsay, Mariposa Elementary School in Oakwood (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.
***As of April 21, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 7 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (increase of 1).
****An outbreak at Mariposa Elementary School in Oakwood was declared on April 20.
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: 835 (increase of 9)
Confirmed variants of concern cases: 244 (increase of 7)
Active cases: 86 (decrease of 11)
Deaths: 8 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 12 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 4 (increase of 2)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 2 (no change)
Resolved: 741 (increase of 19)
Tests completed: 124,864 (increase of 3)
Vaccine doses administered: 55,720 (increase of 1,831)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 3,582
Outbreaks: Unidentified congregate living facility in Belleville, Unidentified community outbreak in Belleville, Unidentified workplace in Prince Edward County (decrease of 1)*
*An outbreak related to Tri-board Bus #499 in Belleville was declared resolved on April 20.
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 429,123 (increase of 4,212)
COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) cases: 41,395 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 2,119); 108 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (increase of 3); 212 of P.1 Brazilian variant (increase of 1)
7-day average of daily new cases: 4,327 (increase of 8)
Positivity rate: 7.9% (decrease of 2.1%)
Resolved: 378,417 (increase of 4,204), 88.2% of all cases (increase of 0.1%)
Hospitalizations: 2,335 (decrease of 25)
Hospitalizations in ICU: 790 (increase of 17)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 566 (increase of 29)
Deaths: 7,789 (increase of 32)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 26 (increase of 1)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,912 (no change)
Total tests completed: 13,668,503 (increase of 51,877)
Tests under investigation: 32,119 (increase of 2,902)
Vaccination doses administered: 4,131,882 (increase of 136,695), 28.04% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.93%)*
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 349,396 (increase of 1,799), 2.37% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.01%)*
*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.
