4/9 Haliburton (net increase of 1) Probable cases: 1 in Kawartha Lakes (no change) High-risk contacts: 234, including 154 in Kawartha Lakes, 41 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (no change)*** Hospitalizations (total to date): 49, including 29 in Kawartha Lakes, 17 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Kawartha Lakes)**** Deaths (including among probable cases): 68, including 55 in Kawartha Lakes, 12 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change) Resolved: 995, including 506 in Kawartha Lakes, 439 in Northumberland, 50 in Haliburton (increase of 8, including 5 in Kawartha Lakes and 3 in Northumberland) Tests completed: 152,883 (increase of 467) Outbreaks: CrossFit Lindsay, Hyland Crest long-term care home in Minden (no change) *The health unit states that total counts and counts for individual counties may fluctuate from previously reported counts as cases are transferred to or from the health unit based on case investigation details and routine data cleaning. **The N501Y mutation has been identified in variants of concern including the B.1.1.7 UK variant, the B.1.351 South Africa variant, and the P.1 Brazilian variant. ***This total includes an additional 35 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts' county. ****As of March 15, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 1 patient hospitalized with COVID-19 (increase of 1). Province of Ontario Confirmed positive: 319,374 (increase of 1,268) COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) confirmed cases: 1,106 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 70); 44 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (no change); 34 of P.1 Brazilian variant (no change) VOC R(t): 1.41 (increase of 0.12, as of March 11)* 7-day average of daily new cases: 1,350 (decrease of 51) Resolved: 298,570 (increase of 1,114), 93.8% of all cases (decrease of 0.1%) Positivity rate: 3.8% (increase of 0.7%) Hospitalizations: 699 (increase of 98)** Hospitalizations in ICU: 298 (increase of 16) Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 187 (increase of 1) Deaths: 7,162 (increase of 9) 7-day average of daily new deaths: 12 (no change) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,881 (increase of 3) Total tests completed: 11,789,084 (increase of 33,975) Tests under investigation: 10,954 (decrease of 7,540)