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Ontario reports 4,156 new COVID cases Wednesday

Today's report includes 3,160 recoveries, 28 deaths, and 191 new hospitalizations
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Public Health Ontario has reported 4,156 new cases of COVID-19 today (April 14).

Today's report includes 3,160 recoveries and 28 new deaths.  

The deaths reported today include one person between 20 and 39 years old, two people between 40 and 59 years old, 12 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 13 people over the age of 79 years old.

The province has reported 191 new hospitalizations since yesterday, and 33 new admissions of COVID-19 patients to intensive care units.

The April 14 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:

  • 36,608 active cases, which is up from 35,840 yesterday. 
  • 1,877 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario, up from 1,822 reported yesterday. 
  • There are 642 patients in intensive care units because of COVID-19 (up from 626 yesterday) and 442 COVID patients on ventilators (up from 422 reported yesterday)
  • The province reported 54,211 tests were processed yesterday resulting in an 8.6 per cent positivity rate. 
  • Another 45,248 tests are still under investigation and/or being processed. To date, 13.2 million tests have been completed.
  • Of the 4,156 new cases reported today, 1,254 are from Toronto, 593 cases are from Peel, 476 are from York Region, and 70 are from Simcoe-Muskoka
  • The new cases reported today include 755 individuals aged 19 and under, 1,490 people between 20 and 39 years old, 1,271 people between 40 and 59 years old, 560 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 76 people aged 80 and over.

Vaccines

  • There were 112,817 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 administered on April 13, which is up from 95,692 doses on April 12.
  • As of 6 p.m. on April 13, the province reported 3,422,974 doses of vaccine against COVID-19 have been administered.
  • In total, 337,206 people have been fully vaccinated.

Public Health Ontario has confirmed 398,835 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 354,417 recoveries and 7,610 deaths, of which 3,908 were individuals living in long-term care facilities.

The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 2,683.2 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.

The weekly incidence rate in Ontario is 172.6 cases per 100,000 people, which is an increase of 30.8 per cent from last week (March 29 to April 4). 

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 85 new COVID cases in the region. 

There are 1,109 active, lab-confirmed cases in the region, most of which are in Simcoe County.

The health unit has reported 1,906 variant cases confirmed to date, with 553 of those cases still active.

Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 8,862 cases of COVID-19 with 7,399 of those cases recovered and 212 cases ending in death.  

There are 42 people from Simcoe County and one person from Muskoka hospitalized with COVID-19, which includes six new hospitalizations since yesterday. Of those hospitalized, 16 are in intensive care units. Those in the ICU range in age from under 10 to in their 90s. 

The weekly incidence rate for Simcoe-Muskoka was 110 cases per 100,000 for the week of April 4-10, which is the highest ever recorded in the region.


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Erika Engel

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Erika regularly covers all things news in Collingwood as a reporter and editor. She has 15 years of experience as a local journalist
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