Ontario reports 2,941 COVID-19 cases and 44 deaths

Ontario reported 2,941 cases of COVID-19 and 44 deaths on Wednesday.

The reported positivity rate is 6.6 per cent, while the province says it completed 45,767 tests in the last day.

Ontario is reporting 2,941 cases of #COVID19 and nearly 45,800 tests completed. Locally, there are 924 new cases in Toronto, 565 in Peel, 254 in York Region, 171 in Durham and 149 in Hamilton.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) May 5, 2021

Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region

Hamilton

• 17,963 total cases — up 149 from Tuesday
• 16,004 resolved cases
• 1,266 active cases
• 151 in hospital
• 366 deaths  — up three from Tuesday

COVID-19 outbreak declared at Hamilton apartment complex

Halton

• 15,705 total cases — up 123 from Tuesday
• 14,644 resolved cases
• 847 active cases
• 70 in hospital
• 214 deaths — up one from Tuesday

Niagara

• 14,367 total cases — up 122 from Tuesday
• 11,917 resolved cases
• 2,055 active cases
• 61 in hospital
• 395 deaths

Brant

• 2,811 total cases — up 26 from Tuesday
• 2,630 resolved cases
• 163 active cases
• 20 deaths  — up three from Tuesday
• 14 in hospital

Haldimand-Norfolk

• 2,379 total cases — up 29 from Tuesday
• 2,080 resolved cases
• 253 active cases
• 41 deaths

There are 2,075 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 across Ontario. There are 882 people in ICU and 620 of them are on ventilators.

The province administered 132,603 vaccine doses on Tuesday. Nearly 5.6 million vaccine doses have been administered.

There are 381,123 people in the province who have received both required doses.

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