Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
The rollercoaster of new cases continues with Ontario reporting 4,505 cases today after yesterday’s 3,682 cases. For the first time ever, Peel is reporting more than 1,000 cases along with Toronto, with 6 other health units reporting triple-digit increases — a smaller number than in previous days.
The seven-day average of daily cases has decreased by 44 to 4,132. There are 2,700 more cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant, along with 21 more cases of the B.1.351 South Africa variant and 6 more cases of the P.1 Brazilian variant.
Hospitalizations have decreased slightly, but ICU admissions and patients on ventilators have increased to record highs, with Ontario reporting 34 new deaths today. An additional 3,854 people were fully immunized yesterday, the highest daily number since vaccinations began in Ontario.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 30 new cases to report and an additional 47 cases resolved, reducing the number of active cases by 19 to 277. This is the fifth straight day the number of regional active cases has decreased, falling by 145 since April 18. The highest number of regional active cases was 464 on April 15.
Most of the new cases reported today are in Toronto (1,257), Peel (1,232), York (412), Ottawa (247), Durham (224), Niagara (179), Halton (144), and Hamilton (135).
There are double-digit increases reported today in Simcoe Muskoka (96), Middlesex-London (96), Waterloo (83), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (66), Windsor-Essex (65), Brant (58), Eastern Ontario (25), Haldimand-Norfolk (22), Lambton (19), Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (16), Thunder Bay (15), Porcupine (15), Northwestern (13), Southwestern (13), Hastings Prince Edward (12), Chatham-Kent (12), Sudbury (11), and Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (11), with smaller increases in Peterborough (9) and Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (8).
The remaining 6 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 2 health units (North Bay Parry Sound and Renfrew) reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s new cases, 55% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (1,685) among people ages 20-39 followed by 1,401 cases among people ages 40-59 and 793 cases among people 19 and under.
With 4,698 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.2% to at 88.7% — the fourth day in a row of an increase in resolved cases. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 1.0% to 8.8%, meaning that 88 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on April 22.
Ontario is reporting 34 new COVID-19 deaths today, with 1 new death in a long-term care home. Ontario has averaged 28 new daily deaths over the past week, an increase of 1 from yesterday.
The number of hospitalizations has decreased by 63 to 2,287, but the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs has increased by 12 to 818 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators has increased by 5 to 593.
A total of 56,206 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 1,964 to 31,363.
A total of 4,400,674 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 133,872 from yesterday, with 355,208 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 3,854 from yesterday — the highest daily number since vaccinations began in Ontario.
The number of fully vaccinated people represents 2.41% of Ontario’s population, an increase of 0.03% from yesterday, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 29.87% of the population, an increase of 0.91% from yesterday. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 30 new cases to report, including 9 in Northumberland, 7 in Peterborough, 6 in Hastings Prince Edward, 4 in Kawartha Lakes, and 4 in Haliburton.
There are 2 new hospitalizations and 1 new ICU admission in Peterborough. There is 1 new hospitalization, 3 new ICU admissions, and 1 additional patient on a ventilator in Hastings Prince Edward.
There are 35 new regional cases of variants of concern, including 15 in Hastings Prince Edward, 9 in Peterborough, 6 in Northumberland, and 5 in Kawartha Lakes.
An additional 47 cases have been resolved, including 20 in Northumberland, 16 in Peterborough, 5 in Haliburton, 3 in Kawartha Lakes, and 3 in in Hastings Prince Edward.
There are currently 277 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 19 from yesterday, including 93 in Peterborough, 82 in Hastings Prince Edward (17 in Quinte West, 38 in Belleville, 4 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 4 in Prince Edward County, 13 in Central Hastings, and 6 in North Hastings), 62 in Northumberland, 33 in Kawartha Lakes, and 7 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,153 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,047 resolved with 13 deaths), 687 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (611 resolved with 56 deaths), 782 in Northumberland County (707 resolved with 13 deaths), 95 in Haliburton County (87 resolved with 1 death), and 848 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (758 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: 1,153 (increase of 7)
Total variants of concern cases: 396 (increase of 9)
Active cases: 93 (decrease of 9)
Close contacts: 295 (decrease of 25)
Deaths: 13 (no change)
Resolved: 1,047 (increase of 16)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 47 (increase of 2)*
ICU admissions (total to date): 8 (increase of 1)
Total tests completed: Over 49,150 (increase of 150)
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 23, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 13 patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change) and a total of 55 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: 1,564, including 687 in Kawartha Lakes, 782 in Northumberland, and 95 in Haliburton (increase of 17, including 4 in Kawartha Lakes, 9 in Northumberland, and 4 in Haliburton)*
Cases with N501Y mutation: 318, including 96 in Kawartha Lakes, 208 in Northumberland, and 14 in Haliburton (increase of 11, including 5 in Kawartha Lakes and 6 in Northumberland)**
Active cases: 102, including 33 in Kawartha Lakes, 62 in Northumberland, and 7 in Haliburton (net decrease of 9)
Probable cases: 4, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes and 2 in Northumberland (increase of 2 in Northumberland)
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: 1,405, including 611 in Kawartha Lakes, 707 in Northumberland, and 87 in Haliburton (increase of 28, including 3 in Kawartha Lakes, 20 in Northumberland, and 5 in Haliburton)
Tests completed: 176,752 (increase of 739)
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 23, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 9 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (increase of 2).
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: 848 (increase of 6)
Confirmed variants of concern cases: 260 (increase of 15)
Active cases: 82 (decrease of 1)
Deaths: 8 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 13 (increase of 1)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 5 (increase of 3)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 2 (increase of 1)
Resolved: 758 (increase of 3)
Tests completed: 124,878 (increase of 3)
Vaccine doses administered: 61,146 (increase of 5,426)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 3,865 (increase of 283)
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: 437,310 (increase of 4,505)
COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) cases: 46,905 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 2,700); 134 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (increase of 21); 224 of P.1 Brazilian variant (increase of 6)
7-day average of daily new cases: 4,132 (decrease of 44)
Positivity rate: 8.8% (increase of 1.0%)
Resolved: 387,712 (increase of 4,698), 88.7% of all cases (increase of 0.2%)
Hospitalizations: 2,287 (decrease of 63)
Hospitalizations in ICU: 818 (increase of 12)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 593 (increase of 5)
Deaths: 7,863 (increase of 34)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 28 (increase of 1)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,913 (increase of 1)
Total tests completed: 13,778,955 (increase of 56,206)
Tests under investigation: 31,363 (decrease of 1,964)
Vaccination doses administered: 4,400,674 (increase of 133,872), 29.87% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.91%)*
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 355,208 (increase of 3,854), 2.41% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.03%)*
*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.
