Public Health Ontario has reported 3,871 new cases of COVID-19 today (April 29).
Today's report includes 4,245 recoveries and 41 new deaths.
Today's deaths include two people between 20 and 39 years old, four people between 40 and 59 years old, 18 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 17 people over the age of 79 years old.
The province has reported 202 new hospitalizations since yesterday, and 44 new admissions of COVID-19 patients to intensive care units.
The April 29 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:
- 38,438 active cases, which is down from 38,853 yesterday.
- 2,248 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario, down from 2,281 reported yesterday.
- There are 884 patients in intensive care units because of COVID-19 (up from 877 yesterday) and 620 COVID patients on ventilators (up from 605 reported yesterday).
- The province reported 56,939 tests were processed yesterday resulting in a 7.6 per cent positivity rate.
- Another 31,914 tests are still under investigation and/or being processed. To date, 14 million tests have been completed.
- Of the 3,871 new cases reported today, 1,172 are from Toronto, 901 cases are from Peel, 392 are from York Region, and 117 are from Simcoe-Muskoka.
- Today's cases include 715 individuals aged 19 and under, 1,528 people between 20 and 39 years old, 1,107 people between 40 and 59 years old, 464 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 54 people aged 80 and over.
Vaccines
- There were 120,567 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 administered on April 28, which is up from 116,173 on April 27.
- As of 6 p.m. on April 28, the province reported 5,027,770 doses of vaccine against COVID-19 have been administered.
- In total, 368,403 people have been fully vaccinated.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 459,477 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 413,010 recoveries and 8,029 deaths, of which 3,918 were individuals living in long-term care facilities.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 3,091.1 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.
Ontario's average weekly incidence rate is 182.9 cases per 100,000 people, which is down by 11.2 per cent from last week (April 13 to April 19).
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 health unit reported 99 new COVID-19 cases in the Simcoe-Muskoka region.
There are 1,334 active, lab-confirmed cases in the region, most of which are in Simcoe County.
Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 10,241 cases of COVID-19 with 8,236 of those cases recovered and 223 cases ending in death.
There are 48 people from Simcoe County and two people from Muskoka hospitalized with COVID-19.
The weekly incidence rate in the Simcoe-Muskoka region is 106.6 cases per 100,000, which is down 9.5 per cent from the week of April 13 to April 19.
