Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Ontario reports 4,401 COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths as hospitalizations, ICU admissions rise

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Ontario reported 4,401 cases of COVID-19 and 15 deaths on Monday, as hospitalizations and ICU patients continue to rise.

The daily case count comes as the province completed 47,929 tests. The reported positivity rate, which takes into account the date tests were performed, is 9.5 per cent.

There are 1,646 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 across the province. There are 619 patients in ICU with 408 of them on ventilators.

A total of 7,567 people have died.

Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region

Hamilton

  • 14,238 total cases — up 134 from Sunday
  • 12,642 resolved cases
  • 1,028 active cases
  • 103 in hospital
  • 334 deaths  — up two from Sunday

Halton

  • 12,401 total cases — up 161 from Sunday
  • 11,320 resolved cases
  • 879 active cases
  • 90 in hospital
  • 202 deaths

Niagara

  • 10,980 total cases — up 107 from Sunday
  • 9,542 resolved cases
  • 1,062 active cases
  • 28 in hospital
  • 376 deaths

Brant

  • 2,098 total cases — up 35 from Sunday
  • 1900 resolved cases
  • 184 active cases
  • 14 deaths
  • 10 in hospital

Haldimand-Norfolk

  • 1,815 total cases — up nine from Sunday
  • 1,644 resolved cases
  • 127 active cases
  • 39 deaths

The province administered 74,722 vaccine doses on Sunday, for a total of 3,214,465 doses.

There are 333,419 people in the province who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Another 2,445 cases have been marked as resolved.

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