Public Health Ontario has reported 3,670 new cases of COVID-19 today (April 13).
Today's report includes 2,573 recoveries and 15 new deaths.
The deaths reported today include one person between 20 and 39 years old, ten people between 60 and 79 years old, and four people over the age of 79 years old.
The province has reported 124 new hospitalizations since yesterday, and 26 new admissions of COVID-19 patients to intensive care units.
The April 13 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:
- 35,840 active cases, which is up from 34,758 yesterday.
- 1,822 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario, up from 1,646 reported yesterday.
- There are 626 patients in intensive care units because of COVID-19 (up from 619 yesterday) and 422 COVID patients on ventilators (up from 408 reported yesterday)
- The province reported 42,167 tests were processed yesterday resulting in a 10.3 per cent positivity rate. This is the highest positivity rate to date. The rate represents the number of people who test positive compared to the number of tests processed.
- Another 35,679 tests are still under investigation and/or being processed. To date, 13.2 million tests have been completed.
- Of the 3,670 new cases reported today, 1,016 are from Toronto, 613 cases are from Peel, 519 are from York Region, and 102 are from Simcoe-Muskoka
- There are 47 active outbreaks at long-term care homes, 28 at retirement homes, and 36 at hospitals.
- The new cases reported today include 721 individuals aged 19 and under, 1,344 people between 20 and 39 years old, 1,075 people between 40 and 59 years old, 459 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 72 people aged 80 and over.
Vaccines
- There were 95,692 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 administered on April 12, which is up from 74,7224 doses on April 11.
- As of 6 p.m. on April 12, the province reported 3,310,157 doses of vaccine against COVID-19 have been administered.
- In total, 335,262 people have been fully vaccinated.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 394,679 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 351,257 recoveries and 7,582 deaths, of which 3,908 were individuals living in long-term care facilities.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 2,655.2 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.
The weekly incidence rate in Ontario is 161.1 cases per 100,000 people, which is an increase of 26.6 per cent from last week (March 28 to April 3).
To slow the spread of COVID-19 there is a provincial shutdown in effect as well as a stay-at-home order. For more details on the latest regulations, visit the Ontario website here.
Yesterday, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported 367 new cases in its first update since Friday.
There are 1,048 active, lab-confirmed cases in the region, most of which are in Simcoe County.
The health unit has reported 1,861 variant cases confirmed to date, with 525 of those cases still active.
Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 8,779 cases of COVID-19 with 7,386 of those cases recovered and 210 cases ending in death.
There are 40 people from Simcoe County and one person from Muskoka hospitalized with COVID-19, which includes five new hospitalizations since Friday.
