Ontario reported 4,447 cases of COVID-19 and 19 deaths on Monday as hospitalizations surpass 2,200.
The daily case count comes as the province completed 42,873 tests. The reported positivity rate, which takes into account the date tests were done, is 10.5 per cent.
Ontario is reporting 4,447 cases of #COVID19 and nearly 42,900 tests completed. Locally, there are 1,299 new cases in Toronto, 926 in Peel, 577 in York Region, 233 in Ottawa and 227 in Hamilton.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) April 19, 2021
Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region
Hamilton
- 15,517 total cases — up 214 from Sunday
- 13,521 resolved cases
- 1,403 active cases
- 151 in hospital
- 346 deaths — up two from Sunday
Halton
- 13,542 total cases — up 151 from Sunday
- 12,327 resolved cases
- 1,009 active cases
- 105 in hospital
- 206 deaths
Niagara
- 12,141 total cases — up 169 from Sunday
- 10,018 resolved cases
- 1,739 active cases
- 71 in hospital
- 384 deaths
Brant
- 2,361 total cases — up 25 from Sunday
- 2,091 resolved cases
- 256 active cases
- 14 deaths
- 11 in hospital
Haldimand-Norfolk
- 2,026 total cases
- 1,690 resolved cases
- 291 active cases
- 40 deaths
Just 66,897 vaccines were administered on Sunday, the lowest reported in about two weeks.
There are 346,005 people in the province who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Another 3,153 cases have been marked as resolved.
Meanwhile, hospitalizations continue to rise with 2,202 people currently hospitalized with the virus. That’s up from the 2,107 reported on Sunday.
There are 755 people in intensive care with 516 of them on ventilators.
The death toll is 7,735 people.
