Ontario now has more recovered confirmed COVID-19 cases than active ones

Since I’m sure we could all use a solid dose of positive news: as of today, Ontario officially has a larger number COVID-19 cases considered resolved and recovered compared to the number of active cases.

As of Saturday morning, Ontario’s overall number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is 13,519; however, that number represents all confirmed cases to date, including those that have fully recovered and those that have died.

While Ontario has seen 763 deaths resulting from COVID-19, the number of cases considered resolved is now at 7,087 (or, 53.7 per cent of the overall number), leaving the smaller amount of 5,669 cases of the overall number still considered active.

#BREAKING: Ontario has hit its predicted COVID-19 peak early thanks to stay-at-home and physical distancing measures. https://t.co/q68fwiv8R1

— Toronto Star (@TorontoStar) April 20, 2020

These current numbers indicate positive trends for the status of COVID-19 in Ontario, showing that the province has thus far avoided a surge in cases and that social distancing practices and emergency orders put in place are working to help flatten the curve.

This news also comes shortly after the announcement earlier this week that Ontario may have reached its peak for COVID-19 cases ahead of previous predictions.

However, these positive trends don’t mean things will be back to normal anytime soon; in fact, Premier Doug Ford also said this week that a reopening of the economy by the original projected date of May 24th is “absolutely not going to happen,” and that when things do start to reopen, it will be in a gradual and calculated way.

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