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Ontario counts 700 new cases today, most ever reported in a single day

Provincial hot spots are in Toronto, Peel and Ottawa
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Ontario Public Health has confirmed 700 new COVID cases today, which is the highest number of cases reported in a single day in Ontario ever. 

On April 24 the province reported 640 cases. Before today, that was the highest reported in a single day.

Of today's new cases, 344 were reported by Toronto Public Health, 104 were reported by Peel Public Health, and 89 were reported by Ottawa Public Health. 

Ontario reports there are 418 individuals under 40 in today's list of new cases. 

There is also one new death confirmed by the province – an individual between the ages of 60 and 79 years old. 

Since last update, the province has reported there were 41,111 COVID tests processed and there are another 49,586 tests awaiting results. On April 24, the last highest daily case record, the province was reporting between 10,000 and 13,000 tests processed in a 24-hour period.

To-date, Public Health Ontario has confirmed 50,531 cases of COVID-19 and reported 2,840 deaths and 43,127 recoveries. 

There are now 4,564 active, lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, with at least 128 people hospitalized with COVID. There are 29 COVID patients in intensive care and 17 COVID patients on ventilators in the province. 

According to provincial data posted today, there are 36 more school-related cases, including 27 student cases. There are now 272 school-related cases spread across 224 schools in the province. 

The breakdown for the health units is:

  • Algoma Public Health: 32 cases, rate of 28 per 100,000 population. There are two known active cases.
  • North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit: 38 cases, rate of 29.3 per 100,000 population. The health unit has reported 40 cases. There is one known active case.
  • Porcupine Health Unit: 82, rate of 98.3 per 100,000 population. There are four known active cases.
  • Public Health Sudbury and Districts: 105 cases, rate of 52.3 per 100,000 population. There are four known active cases.
  • Timiskaming Health Unit: 18 cases, rate of 55.1 per 100,000. The health unit has reported 19 cases. There are no known active cases.
  • Northwestern Health Unit: 51 cases, rate of 58.2 per 100,000. The health unit has reported 51 cases and one probable case. There are five known active cases.
  • Thunder Bay District Health Unit: 106 cases, rate of 70.7 per 100,000. There are two known active cases.

The Ontario rate of infection per 100,000 population is 339.9.


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