Ontario reports 379 new cases of COVID-19, 21 more deaths
Posted Apr 7, 2020 03:06:00 PM.
The government of Ontario is reporting 21 more COVID-19-related deaths in the province, while hospitals deal with 379 new cases of the virus.
That brings provincial totals to 4,726 confirmed cases, including 153 deaths and 1,802 cases that have been resolved.
The new cases represent an 8.7 per cent increase over Monday, marking the second day in a row that the growth rate has been under 10 per cent.
There are now 614 people in Ontario hospitalized with COVID-19, with 233 of them in intensive care and 187 of those people on ventilators.
There are at least 51 long-term care homes in Ontario with one or more cases of COVID-19, and there have been at least 69 deaths in those institutions.
More than 500 health-care workers in the province have tested positive, representing about 11 per cent of all of the confirmed cases in Ontario.
Meanwhile, the government report shows just 15 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, bringing the city's total to 385. As of Monday afternoon, 56 local COVID-19 patients had since recovered while 14 were in intensive care.
