Public Health Ontario has reported 3,265 new cases of COVID-19 today (April 27).
Today's report includes 3,908 recoveries and 29 new deaths.
Today's deaths include four people between 40 and 59 years old, 11 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 14 people over the age of 79 years old.
The province has reported 171 new hospitalizations since yesterday, and 25 new admissions of COVID-19 patients to intensive care units.
The April 27 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:
- 39,914 active cases, which is down from 40,586 yesterday.
- 2,336 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario, up from 2,271 reported yesterday.
- There are 875 patients in intensive care units because of COVID-19 (down from 877 yesterday) and 589 COVID patients on ventilators (down from 605 reported yesterday).
- The province reported 34,000 tests were processed yesterday resulting in a 10.2 per cent positivity rate.
- Another 29,264 tests are still under investigation and/or being processed. To date, 13.9 million tests have been completed.
- Of the 3,265 new cases reported today, 1,044 are from Toronto, 673 cases are from Peel, 452 are from York Region, and 61 are from Simcoe-Muskoka.
- Today's new cases include 660 individuals aged 19 and under, 1,184 people between 20 and 39 years old, 987 people between 40 and 59 years old, 377 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 50 people aged 80 and over.
Vaccines
- There were 94,819 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 administered on April 26, which is up from 69,308 on April 25.
- As of 6 p.m. on April 26, the province reported 4,791,030 doses of vaccine against COVID-19 have been administered.
- In total, 362,563 people have been fully vaccinated.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 452,126 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 404,248 recoveries and 7,964 deaths, of which 3,917 were individuals living in long-term care facilities.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 3,041.7 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.
Ontario's average weekly incidence rate is 192.5 cases per 100,000 people, which is down by 7.3 per cent from last week (April 11 to April 16).
There is a provincial shutdown and stay-at-home order in effect until further notice. For more details on the latest regulations, visit the Ontario website here.
Simcoe-Muskoka
Yesterday, the health unit reported 283 new COVID-19 cases in the region since Friday.
There are 1,313 active, lab-confirmed cases in the region, most of which are in Simcoe County.
Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 10,097 cases of COVID-19 with 8,123 of those cases recovered and 221 cases ending in death.
There are 52 people from Simcoe County and one person from Muskoka hospitalized with COVID-19.
The weekly incidence rate in the Simcoe-Muskoka region is 110.4 cases per 100,000, which is down 9.4 per cent from the week of April 11 to April 17.
