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April 8, 2021: Daily COVID Update, p. 3

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3/10 With 2,576 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has decreased by 0.1% to 90.5%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has decreased by 0.7% to 6.0%, meaning that 60 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID- 19 on April 7. Ontario is reporting 19 new COVID-19 deaths today, with no new deaths in long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 15 new daily deaths over the past week, a decrease of 1 from yesterday. The number of hospitalizations increased yesterday by 20 to 1,417, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs increasing by 21 to 525 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators increasing by 20 to 331. A total of 63,846 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation increasing by 780 to 42,404. A total of 2,834,784 doses of vaccine have now been administered, a record single day increase of 108,563, with 326,360 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 1,577. The number of fully vaccinated people represents 2.22% of Ontario's population, an increase of 0.02% from yesterday, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 19.24% of the population, an increase of 0.74% from yesterday. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity. There are 301 new cases in Ontario schools, a decrease of 418 from yesterday, including 245 student cases and 56 staff cases. There are 152 new cases in licensed child care settings in Ontario, a decrease of 47 from yesterday, including 89 cases among children and 63 cases among staff. In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 54 new cases to report, including 22 in Northumberland, 17 in Hastings Prince Edward, 11 in Peterborough, 3 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Haliburton. Outbreaks at Swiss Chalet in Cobourg and Christian Horizons in Port Hope were declared on April 7. There has been 1 new death in Peterborough (a resident of Empress Gardens retirement home) and 1 new hospitalization. There are 41 new regional cases of variants of concern, including 18 in Peterborough, 14 in Hastings Prince Edward, 6 in Northumberland, and 3 in Kawartha Lakes. An additional 31 cases have been resolved, including 12 in Hastings Prince Edward, 7 in Peterborough, 7 in Northumberland, 4 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Haliburton.

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