Ontario reports a record 4,736 COVID-19 cases, 29 deaths

Ontario reported 4,736 cases of COVID-19 and 29 deaths on Thursday, a new daily case record that comes one week into the stay-at-home order.

This beats the previous record of 4,456 set on Apr. 11.

The daily case count comes as the province completed 65,559 tests. The reported positivity rate is 8 per cent.

More patients have been admitted to hospital with COVID-19. There are now 1,932 people hospitalized across the province, up from the 1,877 reported on Wednesday.

There are 659 people in intensive care, with the number of patients on a ventilator steady at 442.

Ontario is reporting 4,736 cases of #COVID19 and nearly 65,600 tests completed. Locally, there are 1,188 new cases in Toronto, 983 in Peel, 526 in York Region, 342 in Ottawa, 216 in Durham and 215 in Niagara.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) April 15, 2021

Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region

Hamilton

• 14,738 total cases — up 156 from Wednesday
• 12,970 resolved cases
• 1,192 active cases
• 117 in hospital
• 341 deaths  — up four from Wednesday

Halton

• 12,906 total cases — up 180 from Wednesday
• 11,665 resolved cases
• 1,038 active cases
• 94 in hospital
• 203 deaths   — up one from Wednesday

Niagara

• 11,515 total cases — up 215 from Wednesday
• 9,781 resolved cases
• 1,355 active cases
• 52 in hospital
• 379 deaths  — up one from Wednesday

Haldimand-Norfolk

• 1,915 total cases  — up 35 from Wednesday
• 1,660 resolved cases
• 210 active cases
• 40 deaths

Brant

• 2,253 total cases — up 61 from Wednesday
• 1,963 resolved cases
• 276 active cases
• 14 deaths
• 12 in hospital

The province administered 105,430 vaccine doses on Wednesday. There are 339,491 people in Ontario who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Another 3,174 cases have been marked as resolved.