Ontario announces 426 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday

Ontario is reporting 426 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the provincial total to 2,392.

The province says of all cases, 24 per cent had travelled in the 14 days prior to becoming ill, 11 per cent had close contact with a
confirmed case, and 16 per cent had neither. The province has listed the transmission of 49 per cent of the new cases as pending.

.@CHCHTV @CHCHNews Ontario announces 425 new confirmed COVID19 cases, largest increase since the virus reached the province. 2,392 total, 37 dead, 689 recovered. I’ll ask the MOH but they mentioned that increasing lab capacity will see huge jumps in confirmed cases.

— Phil Perkins (@PhilPerkinsCHCH) April 1, 2020

More than half of the cases are in the province are from the Greater Toronto Area.

The median age of the patients is 50, ranging from 1 to 100.

The total number includes 37 deaths and 689 resolved cases.

There are currently 61 cases in Niagara Region, 74 in Halton Region and 101 in Hamilton.

Health officials across the province continue to urge residents to practice social distancing in order to contain the spread of the virus.

(Updated: The number of cases in Halton and Niagara has been updated to reflect the most recent cases.)