Ontario reports 2,791 COVID-19 cases and 25 deaths

Ontario reported 2,791 cases of COVID-19 and 25 deaths on Tuesday.

The daily case count is the lowest since early April, but the reported positivity rate remains high at 9.1 per cent. The province completed 33,740 tests in the last day.

Ontario is reporting 2,791 cases of #COVID19 and over 33,700 tests completed. Locally, there are 931 new cases in Toronto, 653 in Peel, 275 in York Region, 147 in Durham and 128 in Hamilton.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) May 4, 2021

Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region

Hamilton

• 17,814 total cases — up 133 from Monday
• 15,469 resolved cases
• 1,660 active cases
• 150 in hospital
• 363 deaths  — up three from Monday

Halton

• 15,582 total cases — up 119 from Monday
• 14,512 resolved cases
• 857 active cases
• 82 in hospital
• 213 deaths

Niagara

• 14,245 total cases — up 113 from Monday
• 11,780 resolved cases
• 2,070 active cases
• 69 in hospital
• 395 deaths

Brant

• 2,785 total cases — up 26 from Monday
• 2,590 resolved cases
• 178 active cases
• 17 deaths
• 15 in hospital

Haldimand-Norfolk

• 2,350 total cases — up 15 from Monday
• 2,045 resolved cases
• 259 active cases
• 41 deaths

Another 3,323 cases have been marked as resolved.

There are 2,167 patients with COVID-19 in hospitals across Ontario. There are 886 in intensive care unit, with 609 of them on ventilators.

Another 25 people have died from the virus, according to the province. The death toll is now 8,143 people.

The province administered 88,871 vaccine doses on Monday for a total of 5,467,120 doses administered.

There are 378,085 people in the province who have received both vaccine doses.