A total of 2,424,063 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 147,750 over the past two days, with 321,469 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 3,754 from April 1.

The number of fully vaccinated people now represents 2.18% of ’s population, an increase of 0.02% from April 1, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 16.45% of the population, an increase of 1.0% from April 1. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.

In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 69 new cases to report, including 22 in Hastings Prince Edward, 20 in Peterborough, 14 in Northumberland, 7 in Haliburton, and 6 in .

An outbreak at an unidentified workplace in Quinte West was declared on April 2.

There are 29 new regional cases of presumed variants of concern, including 14 in Northumberland, 12 in Kawartha Lakes, and 3 in Hastings Prince Edward.

There is 1 new hospitalization in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward.

An additional 22 cases have been resolved, including 8 in Peterborough, 6 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Northumberland, and 4 in Hastings Prince Edward.

There are currently 250 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, an increase of 52 from yesterday, including 107 in Hastings Prince Edward (38 in Quinte West, 36 in Belleville, 10 in Tyendinaga & , 7 in Prince Edward County, 13 in Central Hastings, and 1 in North Hastings), 74 in Peterborough, 33 in Northumberland, 28 in Kawartha Lakes, and 8 in Haliburton.

Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 911 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (827 resolved with 10 deaths), 602 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (532 resolved with 55 deaths), 516 in Northumberland County (471 resolved with 12 deaths), 73 in (64 resolved with 1 death), and 565 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (449 resolved with 6 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on March 16.

The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 4 p.m. the previous day, as well as from systems in , , and Middlesex-London at 2 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. There may be discrepancies between the Ontario data reported today (which is from yesterday) and the local health unit data reported today (which is from today).

Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit

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