Ontario Public Health is reporting 551 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province today, and another 38 deaths, 24 of which were long-term care residents.
There have also been another 291 recoveries reported since yesterday.
In total, the province has confirmed 11,735 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, and that number includes 5,806 recoveries, and 622 deaths.
The latest report also shows the province processed 9,330 tests in a single day, bringing the total of completed tests in the province to 174,170. There is currently a backlog of 5,546 tests awaiting results.
There are now 859 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 including 250 in intensive care units and 194 on ventilators.
An additional seven long-term care home outbreaks reported since yesterday brings the provincial total to 121 outbreaks reported.
There are 34 outbreaks reported in Ontario hospitals.
There have been 1,394 cases confirmed in residents and patients of long-term care homes, and there are now 274 deaths of long-term care home residents attributed to COVID-19.
The highest number of confirmed cases have been reported in the 40-59 year olds age group (3,665 or 31.2 per cent). There are 260 cases (2.2 per cent) in people aged 19 and under, 2,657 cases (22.6 per cent) in people aged 20-39, 2,687(22.9 per cent) in people aged 60-79, and 2,457 (20.9 per cent) in people over the age of 80.
About 30 per cent of Ontario’s cases are considered community transmission. Ten per cent are travel related, and 17 per cent are attributed close-contact. The remaining 41 per cent list transmission data as pending.
Locally, no new cases have been confirmed in the Porcupine Health Unit's region in the past 24 hours.
In the Timmins area, there have been 50 confirmed cases. Of those, 30 are recovered and three people have died.
The Porcupine Health Unit, which covers Timmins and the surrounding area, still has the highest rate of confirmed cases per 100,000 population among other health units in Northern Ontario.
According to today's report, which includes data from Jan. 15 to April 20, the number of cases at other Northern Ontario health units, as well as the rate of confirmed cases per 100,000 population are:
• Algoma Public Health - 12 cases, rate of 10.5 per 100,000 population
• North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit - 14 cases, rate of 10.8 per 100,000 population
• Porcupine Health Unit - 49, rate of 58.7 per 100,000 population (a 50th case has been reported in Timmins)
• Public Health Sudbury and Districts - 44 cases, rate of 22.1 per 100,000 population
• Timiskaming Health Unit - 12 cases, rate of 36.7 per 100,000
• Thunder Bay District Health Unit - 48 cases, rate of 32 per 100,000 population
• Northwestern Health Unit - 13 cases, rate of 14.8 per 100,000 population
In Northeastern Ontario, there are currently 131 confirmed cases, and the rate is 23.4 per 100,000 population. In Northwestern Ontario, there are 61 cases and a rate of 25.7. The provincial rate per 100,000 population is 78.9.
