TORONTO – New surge in Covid-19 cases in Ontario, after two days of “respite”: today 4,383 were recorded in the province, the highest daily count since the end of April. The last time Ontario had reported more than 4,383 new cases in a single day was in fact on April 23, when officials found 4,505. 

Today’s case count comes after the province confirmed 3,301 cases on Saturday, 4,177 on Sunday, 3,783 new on Monday and 3,453 on Tuesday. Ontario’s seven-day moving average is now 3,520 (the previous week was 1,514). With 55,381 tests processed in the past 24 hours, the highest rate since April 26 when together was 10.9%.

Of the new ones reported today, 1,140 involve people who are not vaccinated, partially vaccinated or whose vaccination is unknown, while the remaining 3,243 concern people who are fully vaccinated. According to health experts, the number of infections in fully vaccinated individuals increases as more people receive the vaccine.

Today there were also 10 deaths that bring the total deaths in the province, since the beginning of the pandemic, to 10,133.

There are currently at least 420 people being treated for Covid-19 in Ontario hospitals. Of these patients, 311 are not fully vaccinated or have unknown vaccination status and 109 are fully vaccinated. 168 of the hospitalized patients are in intensive care: of them, 132 are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status and 36 are fully vaccinated.

As for the territorial distribution of today’s cases, in the Greater Toronto Area, officials reported 1,284 locations in Toronto, 479 in the York region, 335 in the Peel region, 238 in the Durham region and 223 in the Halton region. 363 new cases in Ottawa, 172 in the Waterloo region, 159 in Simcoe-Muskoka, 149 in Hamilton, 136 in the Niagara region, 111 in Middlesex-London and 103 in Kingston. All other regions reported fewer than 100 new cases.

According to the epidemiological report of the province, of the 4,383 infections reported today, 512 involving children under the age of 12, 478 young people between the ages of 12 and 19 and 1,912 people between the ages of 20 and 39, 1,118 people aged between 40 and 59 years, 328 people between the ages of 60 and 79 and 38 people over the age of 80.

The active (and known) cases in Ontario are now 28,288.

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