Ontario's confirmed COVID-19 cases soar to one-day record (Update)

York Region is reporting four more deaths this morning, totalling 23; the number of deaths in Ontario increased to 174 in the last 24 hours

Newmarkettoday.ca
April 9, 2020
Dave Dawson

After a couple of days of somewhat better numbers, Ontario Health is reporting a big spike in numbers today, citing an 11.6 per cent increase in new cases.

The 552 new new confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in the last 24 hours is a single-day record for the province. The previous record was 462, reported on April 3.

Today's new cases increases the total number of confirmed cases in Ontario to 5,276.

Yesterday marked the largest single-day increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases in York Region, with 15 more cases confirmed this morning --11 in Vaughan --bringing the total to 538.

Four more COVID-19 related deaths, in Markham and Vaughan, are being reported today. Of the region's 23 fatalities, the majority have occurred in Markham, which is experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care homes.

In Ontario, there have been 21 deaths in the last 24 hours, raising the total to 174 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Ontario. To date, there have been more than 2,000 recoveries.

According to the provincial agency, there are 605 patients currently hospitalized for COVID-19. Of those, 246 are in intensive care units and 197 of those are on ventilators.

Ontario Health notes 46.1 per cent of cases are male, while 53.3 per cent are female. The agency is reporting that 36.4 per cent of cases are people 60 years of age and older.

The Greater Toronto Area public health units account for 51.8 per cent of cases.

In total, 12.4 per cent of all cases were hospitalized

Ontario Health reports it has tested 84,601 people for COVID-19, and there are 1,102 tests still awaiting results.

There are 58 outbreaks declared at long-term care homes in Ontario; yesterday there were 51. An outbreak is declared after a single case is confirmed in a resident or employee at a long-term care facility.

The statistics reported by the province today are current as of 4 p.m. yesterday.