Public Health Ontario has reported 2,941 new cases of COVID-19 today (May 5).
Today's report includes 4,361 recoveries and 44 new deaths.
Today's deaths include one person between 20 and 39 years old, 11 people between 40 and 59 years old, 19 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 13 people over 79 years old.
Since yesterday, the province has reported 136 new hospitalizations and 33 new admissions of COVID-19 patients to intensive care units.
The May 5 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:
- 34,976 active cases, down from 36,440 reported yesterday.
- 2,075 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario, down from 2,167 reported yesterday.
- There are 818 patients in intensive care units because of COVID-19 (down from 886 yesterday) and 620 COVID patients on ventilators (up from 609 reported yesterday).
- The province reported 45,767 tests were processed yesterday resulting in a 6.6 per cent positivity rate.
- Another 29,179 tests are still under investigation and/or being processed. To date, 14.3 million tests have been completed.
- Of the new cases reported today, 924 are from Toronto, 565 cases are from Peel, 254 are from York Region, and 65 are from Simcoe-Muskoka.
- Today's cases include 523 individuals aged 19 and under, 1,194 people between 20 and 39 years old, 871 people between 40 and 59 years old, 307 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 49 people aged 80 and over.
Vaccines
- There were 132,603 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 administered on May 4, which is up from 88,871 on May 3.
- As of 6 p.m. on May 4, the province reported 5,599,723 doses of vaccine against COVID-19 have been administered.
- In total, 381,123 people have been fully vaccinated.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 479,633 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 436,470 recoveries and 8,187 deaths, of which 3,929 were individuals living in long-term care facilities.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 3,226.7 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.
Ontario's average weekly incidence rate is 166.6 cases per 100,000 people, which is down by 9.9 per cent from last week (April 19 to April 25).
There is a provincial shutdown and stay-at-home order in effect until further notice. For more details on the latest regulations, visit the Ontario website here.
Simcoe-Muskoka
Yesterday, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported 56 new COVID cases.
There are 1,526 active, lab-confirmed cases in the region. Of those, 1,165 are confirmed variant strains.
Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 10,703 cases of COVID-19 with 8,478 of those cases recovered and 226 cases ending in death.
There are 48 people from Simcoe County and three people from Muskoka hospitalized with COVID-19.
To date, 202,641 people in Simcoe-Muskoka region have received their first dose of vaccination against COVID-19, which is about 32 per cent of the region's population. About three per cent of the population has received two doses of vaccine.
The weekly incidence rate for Simcoe-Muskoka region is 94.6 cases per 100,000 people, which is down by 11.5 per cent compared to the week of April 19 to 25.
