Ontario reports 441 new COVID-19 cases as test positivity hits over 3%
Global News
The seven-day average in Ontario has now reached 492, which is up from the week prior when it was 371.
Ontario is reporting 441 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, a lower count than the previous day but much higher than the last two Tuesdays. The provincial case total now stands at 604,152.
For comparison, last Tuesday saw 331 new cases and the previous Tuesday saw 269. All three Tuesdays saw comparable testing volumes in the 20,000 range.
Of the 441 new cases recorded, the data showed 225 were unvaccinated people, 19 were partially vaccinated people, 173 were fully vaccinated people and for 24 people the vaccination status was unknown.
According to Tuesday’s report, 61 cases were recorded in Sudbury, 55 in Toronto, 37 in Simcoe Muskoka, 34 in Hamilton, 30 in York Region, and 20 in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph. 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 9,903 as three more deaths were recorded.
As of 8 p.m. on Monday, 13,049 vaccines (4,674 for a first shot and 8,375 for a second shot) were administered in the last day.
There are more than 11 million people fully immunized with two doses, which is 85.1 per cent of the eligible (12 and older) population. First dose coverage stands at 88.5 per cent.
Meanwhile, 590,227 Ontario residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is about 98 per cent of known cases. Resolved cases increased by 456 from the previous day.