2/10 There are now 16,540 cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant in Ontario, an increase of 2,153 from yesterday, with 3 more cases of the B.1.351 South Africa variant and 6 more cases of the B.1.351 South Africa variant. The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19, in ICUs, and on ventilators have reached record highs at 1,646, 619, and 408 respectively. In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 60 new cases to report and an additional 39 cases resolved, with the number of active cases increasing by 20 to 405. See below for detailed numbers from each regional health unit. Most of today's new cases are in Toronto (1,282), Peel (772), York (564), Ottawa (339), Durham (224), Halton (177), Niagara (147), Simcoe Muskoka (135), Hamilton (129), and Middlesex-London (112). There are double-digit increases today in Waterloo (90), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (78), Windsor-Essex (64), Eastern Ontario (38), Southwestern (33), Brant (30), Haldimand- Norfolk (26), Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (22), Sudbury (21), Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (20), Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (17), Lambton (17), Hastings Prince Edward (14), Peterborough (13), Thunder Bay (11), and Grey Bruce (11), with a smaller increases in Huron Perth (9). The remaining 7 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 2 health units (Porcupine and Renfrew) reporting no new cases at all. Of today's new cases, 56% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (1,601) among people ages 20-39 followed by 1,303 cases among people ages 40-59 and 858 cases among people 19 and under. With 2,445 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has decreased by 0.4% to 89.2%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 1.8% to 9.5%, meaning that 95 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on April 11. Ontario is reporting 15 new COVID-19 deaths today, with 1 new death in a long-term care home. Ontario has averaged 17 new daily deaths over the past week, an increase of 1 from yesterday. The number of hospitalizations increased by 133 from yesterday to 1,646, but this number does not include data from more than 10% of hospitals, so the actual number of hospitalized people may be higher. The number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs has increased by 14 to 619, and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators has increased by 26 to 408. A total of 47,929 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 7,040 to 24,796.