Ontario Public Health is reporting more recoveries than new cases of COVID-19 today.
There were another 437 cases included in this morning’s report, and 491 new recoveries.
However, the province will list a case as recovered after 14 days has passed since the reported symptom onset date. It is possible some people are still experiencing symptoms and remain in self-isolating past the 14-day period.
The province also reported another 24 deaths today and five more outbreaks at long-term care homes.
There are currently 938 people hospitalized with COVID-19, including 252 in intensive care and 195 on ventilators.
The province is reporting there were 12,020 tests processed on Friday, bringing the cumulative total of tests completed to 229,638.
There are 7,417 tests awaiting results.
Since the start of the pandemic there have been 14,432 cases of COVID-19 confirmed by a lab, of those 8,000 have now recovered (55.4 per cent) and 835 have died (5.8 per cent).
Approximately 55 per cent of the province’s overall cases have been in people under 60. In total, 41.6 per cent of the province’s cases are male and 57.4 per cent are female.
The Ministry of Long-term Care is reporting 147 outbreaks at long-term care facilities and 31 outbreaks now declared resolved. Since January 15, there have been 2,520 confirmed cases in residents, 1,161 cases in staff, and 654 deaths of residents.
Ontario Public Health (whose numbers lag behind the Ministry’s) is reporting 167 outbreaks, 2,185 infected patients, 1,013 infected staff and 454 resident deaths.
The province is now including a list of long-term care homes in outbreak in Ontario. On the list is Owen Hill Care Community in Barrie.
According to the stats from the Ministry of Long-Term care, there are no residents yet confirmed positive for COVID-19 at Owen Hill, a 57-bed facility. And there are “fewer than five” cases confirmed in connection with the outbreak.
Previously, Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit confirmed outbreaks two Barrie long-term care homes: IOOF (182 beds) and at Woods Park (123 beds). There is one staff member at IOOF who is positive, and two staff members positive from Woods Park.
At Bradford Valley Care Community in Bradford (246-beds) there have been 20 resident cases, seven of whom have died, and 10 staff cases.
Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has confirmed a total of 237 cases in the Simcoe Muskoka region, including 124 recoveries, and 15 deaths as of the last update on Friday, April 24.
The case breakdown by community (including those who have died or recovered) is as follows:
Bradford W-G (62 cases, 19 recoveries, 7 deaths), Barrie (67 cases, 33 recoveries, 2 deaths), New Tecumseth (18 cases, 14 recoveries), Orillia (12 cases, 8 recoveries, 2 deaths), Collingwood (7 cases, all recovered), Innisfil (16 cases, 5 recoveries), Springwater (5 cases, 4 recoveries), Midland (5 cases, 4 recoveries), Wasaga Beach (6 cases, 3 recoveries, 1 death), Oro-Medonte (5 cases, 2 recoveries, 1 death), Adjala-Tosorontio (6 cases, 2 recoveries), Clearview (2 cases, all recovered), Essa (3 cases, 2 recoveries), Ramara (3 cases, 2 recoveries), Tiny (2 cases, all recovered), Penetanguishene (2 cases, 1 recovery) for a total of 221 cases in Simcoe County, including 110 recoveries.
There are also 16 confirmed positive cases in Muskoka, and 14 have recovered.
In the region, there have been 81 cases attributed to community transmission, 54 to close contact, and 53 to travel.
The case rate (including lab-confirmed cases only) for Simcoe Muskoka region is 40.7 cases per 100,000 population. The provincial average is 97.1 cases per 100,000 population.
