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Ontario reports 2,759 COVID-19 cases, 31 deaths
Ontario reported 2,759 cases of COVID-19 and 31 deaths on Thursday, as vaccine booking opened up to residents 40 and older.
The reported positivity rate is 5.7 per cent, while the province completed 47,638 tests in the last day.
Ontario is reporting 2,759 cases of #COVID19 and over 47,600 tests completed. Locally, there are 774 new cases in Toronto, 602 in Peel, 258 in York Region, 147 in Durham and 133 in Hamilton.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) May 13, 2021
Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region
Hamilton
- 18,956 total cases — up 124 from Wednesday
- 17,218 resolved cases
- 1,002 active cases
- 129 in hospital
- 373 deaths — up one from Wednesday
Halton
- 16,556 total cases — up 93 from Wednesday
- 15,617 resolved cases
- 719 active cases
- 69 in hospital
- 220 deaths — up two from Wednesday
Niagara
- 15,006 total cases — up 91 from Wednesday
- 13,077 resolved cases
- 1,530 active cases
- 61 in hospital
- 399 deaths — up one from Wednesday
Brant
- 2,985 total cases — up 21 from Wednesday
- 2,803 resolved cases
- 162 active cases
- 20 deaths
- 9 in hospital
Haldimand-Norfolk
- 2,506 total cases — up 17 from Wednesday
- 2,254 resolved cases
- 206 active cases
- 41 deaths
There are 1,632 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 across the province. There are 776 in ICU with 568 of them on ventilators.
The province administered 137,697 vaccine doses on Wednesday. There are 407,600 people in the province who have received both required vaccine doses.
Another 3,455 cases have been marked as resolved.
