399 new coronavirus cases reported as Ontario surpasses 19,000 total

The Province of Ontario confirms there are 48 more COVID-19 related deaths, with 399 new known cases and a total now reaching 19,121, as of Thursday morning.

There was a slight decrease in new cases compared to Wednesday’s 412.

The province also showed that 71% of the cases have been resolved with 13,569 patients recovered.

A total of 1,477 people have died from coronavirus in Ontario, and there are 13,012 cases currently under investigation.

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According to the Public Health Ontario Daily Epidemiologic Summary (iPHIS), there are 225 outbreaks with 681 resident deaths.

However, the Ministry of Long-Term Care daily report, there have been 174 outbreaks reported in long-term care homes. And, they report 1,111 resident deaths, an increase of 37 deaths from the previous day.

Government of Ontario

According to Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Ontario relies on local public health units to report on the coronavirus, both in the community and in long-term care homes, through iPHIS, of which there is a delay in the data being received.

At the same time, the Ministry of Long-Term Care has started collecting information about coronavirus in long-term care homes through its network of inspectors.

There were 15,179 tests completed from the previous day, almost reaching Premier Doug Ford’s promise to have 16,000 tests done by May 6.

The Greater Toronto Area public health units account for more than half of the cases at 60.8%.

Of the total cases, 41.9% are male and 57.3% are female, with 43.7% of cases age 60 years and older.

To date, there are 1,033 hospitalized, with 220 in ICU, and 155 patients are on ventilators.

Government of Ontario

The daily summary is based on data reported by the 34 public health units across Ontario and recorded in the province’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS), according to the Ontario government.

iPHIS is the Ministry of Health’s disease reporting system where data is regularly updated, and where each daily summary is pulled at 4 pm the previous day.