Ontario reported 3,424 cases of COVID-19 and 26 deaths on Thursday.
The reported positivity rate is 6.8 per cent, while the province says it completed 54,118 tests in the last day.
Ontario is reporting 3,424 cases of #COVID19 and over 54,100 tests completed. Locally, there are 958 new cases in Toronto, 900 in Peel, 291 in York Region, 175 in Durham and 155 in Hamilton.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) May 6, 2021
Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region
Hamilton
- 18,110 total cases — up 149 from Wednesday
- 16,211 resolved cases
- 1,204 active cases
- 149 in hospital
- 366 deaths
Halton
- 15,842 total cases — up 137 from Wednesday
- 14,758 resolved cases
- 870 active cases
- 71 in hospital
- 214 deaths
Niagara
- 14,434 total cases — up 74 from Wednesday
- 12,053 resolved cases
- 1,986 active cases
- 57 in hospital
- 395 deaths
Brant
- 2,833 total cases — up 22 from Wednesday
- 2,650 resolved cases
- 163 active cases
- 20 deaths
- 13 in hospital
Haldimand-Norfolk
- 2,395 total cases — up 16 from Wednesday
- 2,117 resolved cases
- 232 active cases
- 41 deaths
The number of patients in hospital with COVID-19 across the province is down from 2,075 to 1,964. Those in intensive care is at 877, with 600 of them on ventilators.
There were 141,038 vaccine doses administered on Wednesday. There are 384,589 people in the province who have received both required vaccine doses.
RELATED STORY: More groups eligible to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments in Ontario
Another 3,997 cases have been marked as resolved.
