Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
After 2 days of fewer than 3,000 cases, today Ontario is reporting 3,424 cases, with Toronto and 7 other health units reporting triple-digit increases and all health units reporting at least 3 new cases. However, the seven-day average of daily cases has fallen by 63 to 3,369 and the number of active cases continuing to decline.
There are 2,839 more cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant, 9 more cases of the B.1.351 South Africa, and 54 more cases of the P.1 Brazilian variant.
Hospitalizations has fallen significantly, with a smaller decrease in the number of ICU admissions and a larger decrease of patients on ventilators. Ontario is reporting 26 deaths today, with no new deaths in long-term care homes.
Ontario administered 141,038 vaccine doses yesterday, the highest number since vaccinations began, with almost 39% of the population now having received at least a single dose.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 37 new cases to report (including 12 in Hastings Prince Edward, 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 10 in Peterborough, 3 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton) and an additional 30 cases resolved, with the number of active cases increasing by 5 to 204. There has been 1 new COVID-related death in Peterborough, the region’s 15th death.
Most of the new cases reported today are in Toronto (958), Peel (900), York (291), Durham (175), Hamilton (155), Halton (129), Niagara (127), and Ottawa (108).
There are double-digit increases reported today in Simcoe Muskoka (95), Middlesex-London (89), Waterloo (63), Windsor-Essex (42), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (41), Haldimand-Norfolk (29), Eastern Ontario (23), Brant (23), Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (20), Northwestern (15), Southwestern (15), Porcupine (12), Sudbury (11), Hastings Prince Edward (11), Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (10), Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (10), Peterborough (10), and Huron Perth (10), with smaller increases in Thunder Bay (9), North Bay Parry Sound (8), Grey Bruce (8), Lambton (8), and Renfrew (7).
Only 3 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with all reporting at least 3 new cases.
Of today’s new cases, 60% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (1,424) among people ages 20-39 followed by 954 cases among people ages 40-59 and 617 cases among people 19 and under.
With 3,997 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.2% to at 91.2% — the 17th straight day the percentage of resolved cases has increased. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 0.2% to 6.8%, meaning that 68 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on May 5.
Ontario is reporting 26 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 decrease of 2 from yesterday.
The number of hospitalizations has fallen by 111 to 1,964, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs decreasing by 5 to 877 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators decreasing by 20 to 600.
A total of 54,118 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation falling by 1,893 to 27,286.
A total of 5,740,761 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 141,038 from yesterday — the highest daily increase since vaccinations began in Ontario. A total of 384,589 people have been fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 3,466 from yesterday.
The number of fully vaccinated people represents 2.61% of Ontario’s population, an increase of 0.02% from yesterday, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 38.97% of the population, an increase of 0.96% from yesterday. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 37 new cases to report, including 12 in Hastings Prince Edward, 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 10 in Peterborough, 3 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton.
There are 27 new regional cases of variants of concern, including 15 in Peterborough, 4 in Hastings Prince Edward, 4 in Kawartha Lakes, and 4 in Northumberland.
There has been 1 new COVID-related death in Peterborough, the 15th in the region. There are 4 new hospitalizations in Peterborough with 1 new ICU admission, 1 new hospitalization in Hastings Prince Edward, and 1 new hospitalization in Northumberland.
An additional 30 cases have been resolved, including 13 in Peterborough, 8 in Hastings Prince Edward, 5 in Northumberland, and 4 in Kawartha Lakes. An outbreak at an unidentified workplace in Peterborough was declared resolved on May 6.
There are currently 204 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, an increase of 5 from yesterday, including 75 in Hastings Prince Edward (13 in Quinte West, 44 in Belleville, 1 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 9 in Prince Edward County, 6 in Central Hastings, and 2 in North Hastings), 68 in Peterborough, 32 in Kawartha Lakes, 25 in Northumberland, and 4 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,274 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,191 resolved with 15 deaths), 750 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (675 resolved with 56 deaths), 833 in Northumberland County (794 resolved with 14 deaths), 106 in Haliburton County (101 resolved with 1 death), and 980 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (895 resolved with 10 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on May 6.
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: 1,274 (increase of 9)*
Total variants of concern cases: 485 (increase of 15)
Active cases: 68 (decrease of 5)
Close contacts: 216 (increase of 12)
Deaths: 15 (increase of 1)
Resolved: 1,191 (increase of 13)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 57 (increase of 4)**
ICU admissions (total to date): 9 (increase of 1)
Total tests completed: Over 50,500 (increase of 100)
Outbreaks: Unidentified congregate living facility #3 in Peterborough, Unidentified workplace #5 in Peterborough, Unidentified workplace #7 in Peterborough, Sunshine Daycare in Peterborough, Unidentified home child care centre #1 in Peterborough County (decrease of 1)***
Vaccine doses administered: 56,409 (increase of 12,806 as of April 29)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 4,211 (increase of 1,730 as of April 29)
*The health unit is reporting 10 new cases in the last 24 hours. The total case count has increased by 9 because 1 case has been removed from a previous day.
**As of May 6, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 16 patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 (increase of 1) and a total of 67 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (no change).
***An outbreak at an unidentified workplace in Peterborough was declared resolved on May 6.
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: 1,689, including 750 in Kawartha Lakes, 832 in Northumberland, and 106 in Haliburton (increase of 15, including 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 3 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton)*
Total variants of concern cases: 411, including 143 in Kawartha Lakes, 247 in Northumberland, and 21 in Haliburton (increase of 8, including 4 in Kawartha Lakes and 4 in Northumberland)
Active cases: 61, including 32 in Kawartha Lakes, 25 in Northumberland, and 4 in Haliburton (net increase of 7)
Probable cases: 3 (increase of 3, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 62, including 33 in Kawartha Lakes, 26 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Northumberland)**
Deaths (including among probable cases): 71, including 56 in Kawartha Lakes, 14 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change)
Resolved: 1,570, including 675 in Kawartha Lakes, 794 in Northumberland, and 101 in Haliburton (increase of 9, including 4 in Kawartha Lakes and 5 in Northumberland)
Tests completed: 183,448 (increase of 670)
Vaccine doses administered: 72,365 (increase of 7,412 as of May 3)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 4,271 (increase of 723 as of May 3)
Outbreaks: Transition House shelter in Cobourg (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.
**As of May 6, 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: 980 (increase of 12)
Confirmed variants of concern cases: 342 (increase of 4)
Active cases: 75 (increase of 3)
Deaths: 10 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 16 (increase of 1)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 6 (decrease of 1)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 6 (no change)
Resolved: 895 (increase of 8)
Tests completed: 132,221 (increase of 1)
Vaccine doses administered: 64,661 (increase of 1,403)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 4,508 (increase of 120)
Outbreaks: Unidentified workplace in Prince Edward County, Unidentified workplace in Belleville, QHC Belleville General Hospital, Unidentified workplace in Belleville, Unidentified congregate living facility in Belleville, Unidentified child care facility in Quinte West, ICU of QHC Belleville General Hospital (no change)
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 483,057 (increase of 3,424)
COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) cases: 83,350 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 2,839); 326 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (increase of 9); 1,055 of P.1 Brazilian variant (increase of 54)*
VOC R(t): 0.92 (increase of 0.03 as April 30)**
7-day average of daily new cases: 3,369 (decrease of 63)
Positivity rate: 6.8% (increase of .02%)
Resolved: 440,467 (increase of 3,997), 91.2% of all cases (increase of 0.2%)
Hospitalizations: 1,964 (decrease of 111)
Hospitalizations in ICU: 877 (decrease of 5)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 600 (decrease of 20)
Deaths: 8,213 (increase of 26)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 26 (decrease of 2)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,929 (no change)
Total tests completed: 14,364,746 (increase of 54,118)
Tests under investigation: 27,286 (decrease of 1,893)
Vaccination doses administered: 5,740,761 (increase of 141,038), 38.97% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.96%)***
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 384,589 (increase of 3,466), 2.61% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.02%)***
*While Ontario’s daily update still 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.
**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.
