Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Today Ontario is reporting 3,682 new cases, with the seven-day average of daily cases decreasing by 151 to 4,176. Toronto is reporting 1,131 cases and 8 other health units are reporting triple-digit increases. There are 2,810 more cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant, 5 more cases of the B.1.351 South Africa variant, and 6 more cases of the P.1 Brazilian variant.
Hospitalizations, ICU admissions, and patients on ventilators have continued to increase to record highs, with Ontario reporting 40 new deaths — the highest daily increase since February 18 when 47 deaths were reported. None of today’s deaths are in long-term care homes.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 35 new cases to report. However, with an additional 65 cases resolved, the number of active cases has decreased by 21 to 296.
Most of the new cases reported today are in Toronto (1,131), Peel (507), York (436), Ottawa (279), Durham (200), Niagara (165), Hamilton (144), Halton (129), and Middlesex-London (113).
There are double-digit increases reported today in Waterloo (94), Simcoe Muskoka (69), Eastern Ontario (64), Windsor-Essex (47), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (46), Brant (38), Haldimand-Norfolk (34), Southwestern (24), Grey Bruce (18), Porcupine (17), Sudbury (16), Lambton (16), Northwestern (14), Renfrew (12), and Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (10), with smaller increases in Hastings Prince Edward (9), Peterborough (9), Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (8), Thunder Bay (7), and Algoma (6).
The remaining 5 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with all of them reporting at least 3 cases.
Of today’s new cases, 55% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (1,395) among people ages 20-39 followed by 1,120 cases among people ages 40-59 and 634 cases among people 19 and under.
With 4,597 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.3% to at 88.5%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has decreased by 0.1% to 7.8%, meaning that 78 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on April 21.
Ontario is reporting 40 new COVID-19 deaths today, with no new deaths in long-term care homes. This is the highest daily increase since February 18 when 47 deaths were reported, 18 of which were in long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 27 new daily deaths over the past week, an increase of 1 from yesterday.
The number of hospitalizations has increased by 15 to 2,350, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs increasing by 16 to 806 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators increasing by 22 to 588.
A total of 54,246 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation increasing by 1,208 to 33,327.
A total of 4,266,802 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 134,920 from yesterday, with 351,354 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 1,958 from yesterday.
The number of fully vaccinated people represents 2.38% of Ontario’s population, an increase of 0.01% from yesterday, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 28.96% of the population, an increase of 0.92% from yesterday. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 35 new cases to report, including 12 in Peterborough, 10 in Hastings Prince Edward, 7 in Kawartha Lakes, 5 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton.
There is 1 new hospitalization in Peterborough.
There are 65 new regional cases of variants of concern, including 55 in Northumberland, 8 in Peterborough, 1 in Hastings Prince Edward, and 1 in Kawartha Lakes.
An additional 53 cases have been resolved, including 17 in Peterborough, 12 in Hastings Prince Edward, 13 in Northumberland, and 11 in Kawartha Lakes.
There are currently 296 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 21 from yesterday, including 102 in Peterborough, 83 in Hastings Prince Edward (16 in Quinte West, 40 in Belleville, 4 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 5 in Prince Edward County, 12 in Central Hastings, and 6 in North Hastings), 71 in Northumberland, 31 in Kawartha Lakes, and 9 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,146 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,031 resolved with 13 deaths), 682 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (608 resolved with 56 deaths), 771 in Northumberland County (687 resolved with 13 deaths), 92 in Haliburton County (82 resolved with 1 death), and 845 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (754 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: 1,146 (increase of 12)
Total variants of concern cases: 387 (increase of 8)
Active cases: 102 (decrease of 5)
Close contacts: 320 (decrease of 17)
Deaths: 13 (no change)
Resolved: 1,031 (increase of 17)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 45 (increase of 1)*
Total tests completed: Over 49,000 (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: 43,602 (increase of 2,454 as of April 22)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 2,481 (increase of 54 as of April 22)
*As of April 22, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 13 patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 (increase of 3) and a total of 55 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (increase of 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: 1,545, including 682 in Kawartha Lakes, 771 in Northumberland, and 92 in Haliburton (increase of 13, including 7 in Kawartha Lakes, 5 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton)*
Cases with N501Y mutation: 307, including 91 in Kawartha Lakes, 202 in Northumberland, and 14 in Haliburton (increase of 56, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 55 in Northumberland)**
Active cases: 111, including 31 in Kawartha Lakes, 71 in Northumberland, and 9 in Haliburton (net decrease of 23)
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: 1,377, including 608 in Kawartha Lakes, 687 in Northumberland, and 82 in Haliburton (increase of 24, including 11 in Kawartha Lakes and 13 in Northumberland)
Tests completed: 176,013 (increase of 722)
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 (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.
***As of April 22, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 7 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change).
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: 845 (increase of 10)
Confirmed variants of concern cases: 245 (increase of 1)
Active cases: 83 (decrease of 3)
Deaths: 8 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 12 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 2 (decrease of 2)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 1 (decrease of 1)
Resolved: 754 (increase of 12)
Tests completed: 124,875 (increase of 11)
Vaccine doses administered: 55,720 (no change)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 3,582 (no change)
Outbreaks: Unidentified congregate living facility in Belleville, Unidentified community outbreak in Belleville, Unidentified workplace in Prince Edward County (no change)
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 432,805 (increase of 3,682)
COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) cases: 44,205 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 2,810); 113 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (increase of 5); 218 of P.1 Brazilian variant (increase of 6)
7-day average of daily new cases: 4,176 (decrease of 151)
Positivity rate: 7.8% (decrease of 0.1%)
Resolved: 383,014 (increase of 4,597), 88.5% of all cases (increase of 0.3%)
Hospitalizations: 2,350 (increase of 15)
Hospitalizations in ICU: 806 (increase of 16)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 588 (increase of 22)
Deaths: 7,829 (increase of 40)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 27 (increase of 1)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,912 (no change)
Total tests completed: 13,722,749 (increase of 54,246)
Tests under investigation: 33,327 (increase of 1,208)
Vaccination doses administered: 4,266,802 (increase of 134,920), 28.96% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.92%)*
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 351,354 (increase of 1,958), 2.38% 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.
