Ontario reports 3,871 COVID-19 cases and 41 deaths

Ontario reported 3,871 cases of COVID-19 as the death toll surpassed 8,000 people.

The positivity rate reported by the province is 7.6 per cent. There were 56,939 tests completed in the last day.

Ontario is reporting 3,871 cases of #COVID19 and over 56,900 tests completed. Locally, there are 1,172 new cases in Toronto, 901 in Peel, 392 in York Region, 292 in Durham and 147 in Ottawa.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) April 29, 2021

Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region

Hamilton

• 16,966 total cases — up 154 from Wednesday
• 14,738 resolved cases
• 1,576 active cases
• 165 in hospital
• 359 deaths

Niagara

• 13,704 total cases — up 153 from Wednesday
• 10,324 resolved cases
• 2,989 active cases
• 90 in hospital
• 391 deaths

Halton

• 14,929 total cases — up 150 from Wednesday
• 13,813 resolved cases
• 905 active cases
• 75 in hospital
• 211 deaths

Brant

• 2,660 total cases — up 15 from Wednesday
• 2,418 resolved cases
• 225 active cases
• 17 deaths
• 18 in hospital

Haldimand-Norfolk

• 2,256 total cases — up 25 from Wednesday
• 1,945 resolved cases
• 265 active cases
• 41 deaths

The number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 is down to 2,248, however the number of patients in ICU is up to a record 884. Of those people in ICU, 620 are on ventilators.

The province administered 120,567 vaccine doses on Wednesday, pushing the total number of vaccines given in the province to over 5 million.

There are 368,403 people in the province who have received both vaccines and are fully vaccinated.

Another 4,245 cases have been marked as resolved.