Public Health Ontario has reported 3,887 new cases of COVID-19 today (April 30).
Today's report includes 4,242 recoveries and 21 new deaths.
Today's deaths include 11 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 10 people over the age of 79 years old.
The province has reported 250 new hospitalizations since yesterday, and 38 new admissions of COVID-19 patients to intensive care units.
The April 30 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:
- 38,062 active cases, which is down from 38,438 yesterday.
- 2,201 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario, down from 2,248 reported yesterday.
- There are 853 patients in intensive care units because of COVID-19 (down from 884 yesterday) and 632 COVID patients on ventilators (up from 620 reported yesterday).
- The province reported 53,074 tests were processed yesterday resulting in a 7.4 per cent positivity rate.
- Another 29,003 tests are still under investigation and/or being processed. To date, 14 million tests have been completed.
- Of the 3,887 new cases reported today, 1,131 are from Toronto, 871 cases are from Peel, 267 are from York Region, and 62 are from Simcoe-Muskoka.
- Today's cases include 639 individuals aged 19 and under, 1,577 people between 20 and 39 years old, 1,179 people between 40 and 59 years old, 443 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 46 people aged 80 and over.
Vaccines
- There were 112,214 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 administered on April 29, which is down from 120,567 on April 27.
- As of 6 p.m. on April 29, the province reported 5,139,984 doses of vaccine against COVID-19 have been administered.
- In total, 371,110 people have been fully vaccinated.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 463,364 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 417,252 recoveries and 8,050 deaths, of which 3,918 were individuals living in long-term care facilities.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 3,117.3 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.
Ontario's average weekly incidence rate is 179.6 cases per 100,000 people, which is down by 11.9 per cent from last week (April 14 to April 20).
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 74 new COVID-19 cases in the Simcoe-Muskoka region.
There are 1,372 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 10,312 cases of COVID-19 with 8,264 of those cases recovered and 224 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 100.7 cases per 100,000, which is down 15.8 per cent from the week of April 14 to April 20.
