Ontario Public Health has reported 564 more lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19, which is the highest number of cases confirmed in a single day so far.
Today also marks the highest increase in deaths with 55 more reported today by the province, bringing the Ontario death toll attributed to COVID-19 to 478.
Testing has also increased, with the province reporting 8,899 tests completed yesterday.
The new cases announced today represent a 6.3 per cent increase in new cases, which is essentially consistent with the percentage increase each day this week. The daily case numbers have been increasing since Sunday, when the province reported 401 new cases. Yesterday, the province reported 494 new cases and 9,000 tests processed.
There are currently 5,993 tests awaiting results.
The last highest daily total report was April 8, when Ontario Public Health announced 552 new cases.
The total number of cases confirmed in the province is 9,525, which includes today’s cases, 4,556 recoveries, and 478 deaths. The province’s average infection rate is now 64.1 per 100,000 people, which is increased from 60 per 100,000 yesterday.
There are now 829 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, and 245 of those are in intensive care units. In Ontario, 200 COVID-19 patients are on ventilators.
Ontario Public Health has now confirmed 106 outbreaks at long-term care homes and 30 outbreaks at hospitals. There have been 1,229 residents and patients at long-term care facilities test positive for the virus, and 216 have died.
Of all the lab-confirmed cases in Ontario, 12.6 per cent are associated with travel, 17.6 per cent were close-contact cases, and 26.5 per cent were deemed community transmission. Transmission information is still pending for 43.3 per cent of the cases.
There are now 174 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Simcoe Muskoka region residents, including 77 recoveries, 55 self-isolating, 19 isolated at Bradford Valley, 10 hospitalized patients and 12 deaths.
The case breakdown for towns and cities in Simcoe County is as follows: Bradford W-G (44), Barrie (44), 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) for a total of 151 cases in Simcoe County.
There are also 15 cases confirmed in the Muskoka Region.
The infection rate for Simcoe Muskoka region is 30 lab-confirmed cases per 100,000 population. The provincial average is 64.1 cases per 100,000 population.
