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Ontario reports 514 more COVID-19 cases today and 9,000 tests processed

There were an additional 38 deaths reported this morning, bringing the province's death toll to 423
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Ontario’s COVID-19 has climbed again today with the province’s public health website reporting an added 514 lab-confirmed cases today.

The daily total of new confirmed cases has been increasing since Monday (401) and has set two records for the second-highest daily increase in cases (494 yesterday and 514 today). The highest number of cases reported in a single day in Ontario was 552 on April 8.

But testing numbers are also on the rise with Ontario Public Health reporting 9,001 tests were completed yesterday, which is an increase over the 6,000 reported complete in the last report.

There have now been 8,961 cases of COVID-19 confirmed through lab testing in Ontario. That total includes 4,194 recoveries, 423 deaths, and 807 patients currently hospitalized for the virus.

The death toll increased today by 38 deaths, yesterday was the highest one-day increase with 51 deaths reported.

One person between the ages of 20-39 has died, 26 people between the ages of 40 and 59 have died, 133 people between the ages of 60 and 79 have died, and 266 people over the age of 80 have died.

Ontario Public Health is now reporting 104 outbreaks at long-term care homes. Premier Doug Ford said yesterday there were 114 outbreaks in long-term care facilities.

There are now 165 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Simcoe Muskoka region residents, including 70 recoveries, 50 self-isolating, 20 isolated at Bradford Valley, 12 hospitalized patients, and 11 deaths.

Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has confirmed there are now 46 community-acquired cases of the virus, and 48 cases have a travel history. There are 35 cases of close contact. Those totals do not include the 23 residents and seven staff members at Bradford Valley who have tested positive since the outbreak was declared at the long-term care facility on April 4. Three residents have died as a result of that outbreak.

In Ontario, about 25.3 per cent of lab-confirmed cases are reported as community transmission and 13.3 per cent have been confirmed in people who travelled within the 14 days before becoming ill. Seventeen per cent of the provinces cases are attributed to close contact, and for 44.2 per cent transmission information is pending.

The region’s medical officer of health, Dr. Charles Gardner, is now recommending people try to get tested even if they are experiencing a single symptom of COVID-19. He suggested calling your local assessment centre ahead of time to make sure they have the capacity to test cases not included in the province’s priority groups.

“Now that we’re caught up [on testing backlog] I think it’s very beneficial for people to know their status,” said Gardner during a media briefing Wednesday (April 15). “The countries that have done the best at flattening the curve and avoiding a surge did a tremendous amount of testing and case and contact follow-up. So I would want for us to be in that camp, behaving in that way, being able to succeed in that way.”

The case breakdown for towns and cities in Simcoe County is as follows: Bradford W-G (43), Barrie (37), New Tecumseth (18), Orillia (10), Collingwood (7), Innisfil (5), Springwater (5), Midland (4), Wasaga Beach (4), Oro-Medonte (4), Adjala-Tosorontio (3), Clearview (2), Essa (3), Ramara (2), Tiny (2), Penetanguishene (2).

There are also 14 cases confirmed in the Muskoka Region.

The infection rate for Simcoe Muskoka region is 28.2 lab-confirmed cases per 100,000 population. The provincial average is 60.3 cases per 100,000 population.


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