Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 3,947 new cases today, with Toronto reporting 1,136 cases and 10 other health units reporting triple-digit increases. The seven-day average of daily cases has decreased by 43 to 4,051.
There are also 2,538 more cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant, 14 more cases of the B.1.351 South Africa variant, and 80 more cases of the P.1 Brazilian variant.
Hospitalizations have decreased for the third day in a row, but more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data for today’s report so the number of patients may actually be higher. The number of ICU admissions has reached a new record high, but the number of patients on ventilators has decreased slightly.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 21 new cases to report and an additional 27 cases resolved, with the number of active cases decreasing by 11 to 268. These numbers do not include Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton as the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit does not issue updates on Sundays.
Most of the new cases reported today are in Toronto (1,136), Peel (901), York (406), Ottawa (209), Durham (207), Halton (153), Waterloo (118), Niagara (115), Simcoe Muskoka (111), Hamilton (109), and Middlesex-London (104).
There are double-digit increases reported today in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (73), Windsor-Essex (59), Southwestern (33), Eastern Ontario (31), Brant (31), Haldimand-Norfolk (16), Peterborough (14), Thunder Bay (13), Hastings Prince Edward (13), Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (12), Northwestern (11), Renfrew (11), Sudbury (10), and Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (10), with smaller increases in Lambton (8), Grey Bruce (7), Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (6), and Huron Perth (6).
The remaining 5 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with all of them reporting at least 1 case.
Of today’s new cases, 57% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (1,510) among people ages 20-39 followed by 1,177 cases among people ages 40-59 and 748 cases among people 19 and under.
With 4,239 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.2% to at 89.0% — the sixth straight day the percentage of resolved cases has increased. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 0.9% to 8.7%, meaning that 87 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on April 24.
Ontario is reporting 24 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 151 to 2,126, but more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data for this report so the number of hospitalized patients may actually be higher. The number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs has increased by 18 to a new record high of 851, but the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators has decreased by 4 to 596.
A total of 46,694 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 6,292 to 25,641.
A total of 4,626,903 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 99,535 from yesterday, with 360,354 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 1,578 from yesterday.
The number of fully vaccinated people represents 2.45% of Ontario’s population, an increase of 0.01% from yesterday, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 30.40% of the population, an increase of 0.68% from yesterday. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 21 new cases to report, including 12 in Peterborough and 9 in Hastings Prince Edward. Updated numbers are unavailable for Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton as the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit does not issue reports on Sundays.
An outbreak at an unidentified workplace in Belleville, with 5 cases, was declared on April 23.
There are 6 new regional cases of variants of concern, including 4 in Peterborough and 2 in Hastings Prince Edward.
An additional 27 cases have been resolved, including 14 in Hastings Prince Edward and 13 in Peterborough.
There are currently 268 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 11 from yesterday, including 92 in Peterborough, 79 in Hastings Prince Edward (16 in Quinte West, 39 in Belleville, 2 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 6 in Prince Edward County, 13 in Central Hastings, and 3 in North Hastings), 55 in Northumberland, 35 in Kawartha Lakes, and 7 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,174 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,069 resolved with 13 deaths), 691 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (613 resolved with 56 deaths), 785 in Northumberland County (717 resolved with 13 deaths), 95 in Haliburton County (87 resolved with 1 death), and 874 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (786 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: 1,174 (increase of 9)*
Total variants of concern cases: 404 (increase of 4)
Active cases: 92 (decrease of 4)
Close contacts: 245 (decrease of 6)
Deaths: 13 (no change)
Resolved: 1,069 (increase of 13)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 47 (no change)**
ICU admissions (total to date): 8 (no change)
Total tests completed: Over 49,500 (increase of 500)
Outbreaks: Empress Gardens retirement home in Peterborough, Unidentified congregate living facility #3 in Peterborough, Unidentified workplace #5 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)
*The health unit is reporting 12 new cases in the last 24 hours. The total case count has only increased by 9 because 3 cases have been removed from previous days.
**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. These numbers are from April 24.
Confirmed positive: 1,571, including 691 in Kawartha Lakes, 786 in Northumberland, and 95 in Haliburton (increase of 7, including 4 in Kawartha Lakes and 3 in Northumberland)*
Cases with N501Y mutation: 330, including 102 in Kawartha Lakes, 214 in Northumberland, and 14 in Haliburton (increase of 12, including 6 in Kawartha Lakes and 6 in Northumberland)**
Active cases: 97, including 35 in Kawartha Lakes, 55 in Northumberland, and 7 in Haliburton (net decrease of 5)
Probable cases: 5, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes, 2 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Haliburton)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 57, including 33 in Kawartha Lakes, 21 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Northumberland)***
Deaths (including among probable cases): 70, including 56 in Kawartha Lakes, 13 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change)
Resolved: 1,417, including 613 in Kawartha Lakes, 717 in Northumberland, and 87 in Haliburton (increase of 12, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes and 10 in Northumberland)
Tests completed: 177,317 (increase of 565)
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: Fenelon Court long-term care home in Fenelon Falls, Grafton Public School in Grafton, Grafton Post Office in Grafton, Mariposa Elementary School in Oakwood, Summersweet Custom Design & Build Inc. in Haliburton (net decrease of 3)*****
*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).
****A workplace outbreak at Summersweet Custom Design & Build Inc. in Haliburton was declared on April 23. Outbreaks at St. Mary Catholic Secondary School in Cobourg, Cobourg Collegiate Institute in Cobourg, North Hope Central Public School in Campbellcroft, and St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School in Lindsay have been resolved.
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: 874 (increase of 9)
Confirmed variants of concern cases: 264 (increase of 2)
Active cases: 79 (decrease of 7)
Deaths: 8 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 17 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 6 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 2 (no change)
Resolved: 786 (increase of 14)
Tests completed: 127,944 (increase of 3,066)
Vaccine doses administered: 62,873 (increase of 615)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 3,960 (increase of 93)
Outbreaks: Unidentified congregate living facility in Belleville, Unidentified community outbreak in Belleville, Unidentified workplace in Prince Edward County, Unidentified workplace in Belleville (increase of 1)*
*An outbreak at an unidentified workplace in Belleville, with 5 cases, was declared on April 23.
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 445,351 (increase of 3,947)
COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) cases: 52,398 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 2,538); 164 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (increase of 14); 267 of P.1 Brazilian variant (increase of 80)*
7-day average of daily new cases: 4,051 (decrease of 43)
Positivity rate: 8.7% (increase of 0.9%)
Resolved: 396,283 (increase of 4,239), 89.0% of all cases (increase of 0.2%)
Hospitalizations: 2,126 (decrease of 151)**
Hospitalizations in ICU: 851 (increase of 18)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 596 (decrease of 4)
Deaths: 7,911 (increase of 24)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 28 (increase of 1)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,914 (increase of 1)
Total tests completed: 13,877,809 (increase of 46,694)
Tests under investigation: 25,641 (decrease of 6,292)
Vaccination doses administered: 4,626,903 (increase of 99,535), 31.40% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.68%)***
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 360,354 (increase of 1,578), 2.45% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.01%)***
*While Ontario’s daily update is not yet reporting this information, Public Health Ontario confirmed on April 23 that 36 cases of the B.1.617 variant, a so-called “double mutation” variant first identified in India, have been detected in Ontario.
**As more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data for this report, the number of hospitalized patients may actually be higher.
***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.
