Ontario's ministry of health is reporting another 260 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 bringing the total for the province to 1,966 cases,
There are now 33 deaths attributed to the virus and 534 recoveries reported. Almost 11 per cent of cases have resulted in hospitalization across the province.
There have been four deaths in the Simcoe Muskoka region, and yesterday Simcoe Muskoka District Public Health reported there are 50 cases in the region. The health unit will deliver an update on regional case numbers today at 1 p.m.
Today's reported new cases in Ontario are down from 351 reported yesterday, which was an all-time high for single-day confirmed cases. The next highest daily total was today's at 260, followed by March 29 at 211 new cases. March 18 was the first day Ontario reported a triple-digit increase in the day's lab-confirmed results.
The number of cases under investigation has dropped to 4,280 with 51,629 tests completed in Ontario.
The median age for cases in Ontario is 50 years old, and there's about a 50-50 split between male and female cases. Greater Toronto Area public health units account for nearly 60 per cent of the province's cases.
Of the total cases reported in the province 25 per cent are travel-related, and 47 per cent have exposure information still pending.
