Whoop! 261K COVID-19 vaccines doled out in York Region in April

About 34 per cent of York Region residents have received at least on COVID-19 dose by April 30

Yorkregion.com
May 6, 2021
Amanda Persico

York Region Public Health started tracking its COVID-19 vaccine rollout in early March, administering on average about 4,500 vaccine doses per day between March 5 and 31.

With several mass immunization clinics across the region starting up, April’s daily average was about 8,700 vaccines administered.

Here’s a snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic for April 2021:

COVID-19 by the numbers:

• Total COVID-19 cases as of April 1 -- 31,602;

• Total COVID-19 cases as of April 30 -- 46,224, a 46 per cent increase;

• Active cases as of April 1 -- 1,981;

• Active cases as of April 30 -- 2,363, a 19 per cent increase;

• Total new COVID-19 cases on April 1 -- 265 new cases, including 158 variant cases;

• Total new COVID-19 cases on April 30 -- 310 new cases, including 84 variant cases.

• Total number of vaccine doses administered in April -- 261,310, bringing the total to 437,127 as of April 30;

• Number of York Region residents who received at least one dose as of April 30 -- 412,624 or about 34 per cent of the population;

• Highest daily doses administered -- 11,919 on April 22;

• Number of doses administered to those 75-years and older -- 10,220 or about 4 per cent of total vaccines;

• Total number of doses administered to 60- to 74-year-olds -- 112,810 or about 43 per cent of total vaccines; and

• Total number of vaccines administered to 45- to-59-year-olds -- 118,043 or about 45 per cent of total vaccines.