Ontario reports 4,227 new COVID cases Friday

Public Health Ontario has reported 4,227 new cases of COVID-19 today (April 9).

This is the second-highest number of cases reported in a single day by the province. On Jan. 8, the daily report included 4,249 cases, but that report noted some of the cases were added as a result of a data catch-up by Toronto Public Health and were not all new cases.

Today's report includes 2,641 recoveries and 18 new deaths.  

The deaths reported today include two people between 40 and 59 years old, nine people between 60 and 79 years old, and seven people over the age of 79 years old.

The province has reported 201 new hospitalizations since yesterday, and 31 new admissions of COVID-19 patients to intensive care units.

The April 9 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:

• 29,627 active cases, which is up from 28,059 yesterday
• 1,492 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario, up from 1,417 reported yesterday. 
• There are  552 COVID patients in intensive care units (up from 525 yesterday) and 359 COVID patients on ventilators (up from 331 reported yesterday)
• The province reported 61,410 tests were processed yesterday resulting in a 6.3 per cent positivity rate.
• Another 42,572 tests are still under investigation and/or being processed. To date, 12.9 million tests have been completed.
• Of the 4,227 new cases reported today, 1,218 are from Toronto, 762 cases are from Peel, 532 are from York Region, and 96 are from Simcoe-Muskoka
• There are 58 active outbreaks at long-term care homes, 41 at retirement homes, and 41 at hospitals. 
• The new cases reported today include 799 individuals aged 19 and under, 1,599 people between 20 and 39 years old, 1,229 people between 40 and 59 years old, 542 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 57 people aged 80 and over.

Vaccines

• There were 105,382 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 administered on April 8, which is down from 108,563 doses on April 7.
• As of 6 p.m. on April 8, the province reported 2,940,166 doses of vaccine against COVID-19 have been administered.
• In total, 328,598 people have been fully vaccinated.

Public Health Ontario has confirmed 378,339 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 341,200 recoveries and 7,512 deaths, of which 3,905 were individuals living in long-term care facilities.

The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 2,545.3 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.

The weekly incidence rate in Ontario is 136.7 cases per 100,000 people, which is an increase of 25.6 per cent from last week (March 24-30). 

To slow the spread of COVID-19 there is a provincial shutdown in effect as well as a stay-at-home order. For more details on the latest regulations, visit the Ontario website here.

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported 123 new COVID cases yesterday.

There are 720 active, lab-confirmed cases in the region, including 326 variant strain cases.

Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 8,324 cases of COVID-19 with 7,292 of those cases recovered and 207 cases ending in death. 

There are 39 people from Simcoe County hospitalized with COVID-19.

The weekly incidence rate in Simcoe-Muskoka region is 80.7 cases per 100,000, which is a 44.4 per cent increase over the week of March 24 to 30.