Ontario reports 438 new COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths
Global News
Of the 438 new cases recorded, 227 were unvaccinated people, 15 were partially vaccinated, 159 were fully vaccinated and for 37 people the vaccination status was unknown.
Ontario is reporting 438 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, a slight uptick from a week ago. The provincial case total now stands at 601,524.
For comparison, last Thursday saw 409 new cases and the previous Thursday saw 413. All three Thursday’s saw comparable testing volumes in the 30,000 range.
Of the 438 new cases recorded, the data showed 227 were unvaccinated people, 15 were partially vaccinated people, 159 were fully vaccinated people and for 37 people the vaccination status was unknown.
According to Thursday’s report, 72 cases were recorded in Toronto, 40 in Niagara, 37 in York Region, 34 in Simcoe Muskoka, 28 in Ottawa, 26 in Peel Region, and 26 in Sudbury. All other local public health units reported fewer than 20 new cases in the provincial report.
The death toll in the province has risen to 9,891 as five new deaths were recorded.
As of 8 p.m. on Wednesday, 16,588 vaccines (5,850 for a first shot and 10,738 for a second shot) were administered in the last day.
There are more than 11 million people fully immunized with two doses, which is 84.8 per cent of the eligible (12 and older) population. First dose coverage stands at 88.3 per cent.
Meanwhile, 588,444 Ontario residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is about 98 per cent of known cases. Resolved cases increased by 337 from the previous day.