The number of people hospitalized in Ontario with COVID-19 remains above 1,000 for the second consecutive day, which is nearly double the number of hospitalizations reported mid-March.
On March 20, the province reported 551 COVID-positive patients in hospital, today there are 1,074.
The province reported 10 more COVID-related deaths that occurred within the last month and another 22 that occurred more than one month ago but were not reported previously.
According to the latest update, there have been 197 COVID deaths since March 7, with between four and 13 deaths each day.
Over the course of the pandemic, the province has reported 12,511 deaths that were either caused by COVID, COVID was a contributing factor to the death, or the cause of death was unknown or missing.
There were 2,872 more recoveries and 3,444 new cases confirmed through lab testing in today's report. New case counts are underestimated due to limited testing.
As of today, Public Health Ontario has confirmed 1,180,121 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 1,142,051 cases recovered or resolved.
The April 6 updates provided by the province's public health agency and the ministry of health also reported the following data:
Hospitalizations
- 1,074 COVID-positive patients in hospitals, down from 1,091 reported yesterday. Of those, 46 per cent were admitted because of COVID-19 and 54 per cent were admitted for other reasons but still test positive for COVID-19.
- Among the hospitalized COVID patients not in the ICU are 175 unvaccinated people, 30 partially vaccinated people, and 696 fully vaccinated people.
- 168 people are in ICU because of COVID-related critical illness, which is down from 173 reported yesterday. Of those, 36 no longer test positive for COVID-19.
- There are 83 patients on ventilators because of COVID-related critical illness, down from 96 yesterday.
- Among the ICU hospitalizations are 26 unvaccinated people, two partially vaccinated people, and 71 fully vaccinated people.
Vaccination
- About 86 per cent of the population over four years old in Ontario is fully vaccinated (about 12.1 million people)
- More than 7.1 million people in Ontario have had three doses of a COVID vaccine.
- 10 per cent of the eligible population (aged 5 and up) is unvaccinated
Testing
- Ontario labs processed 21,553 tests for the latest report, resulting in an 18 per cent positivity.
Simcoe-Muskoka
In the last update published April 4, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported one death, 416 new COVID cases, and two new hospitalizations.
There are 17 people from the region currently hospitalized because of COVID-19, including three patients in ICUs.
Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 39,098 cases of COVID-19 with 37,331 of those cases recovered and 439 cases ending in death.
The next update for Simcoe-Muskoka will be posted by the health unit on April 6.