Ontario reports 454 new COVID-19 cases, 9 more deaths

Ontario's seven-day average has now surpassed 500 for the first time in almost a month.

Ontario is reporting 454 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, a daily count that is much higher than the same weekday of the previous two weeks. The provincial case total now stands at 604,606.

For comparison, last Wednesday saw 378 new cases and the previous Wednesday saw 321. All three Wednesday’s saw comparable testing volumes in the 30,000 range.

Of the 454 new cases recorded, the data showed 211 were unvaccinated people, 11 were partially vaccinated people, 205 were fully vaccinated people and for 27 people the vaccination status was unknown.

According to Wednesday’s report, 43 cases were recorded in Ottawa, 42 in Toronto, 38 in Simcoe Muskoka, 34 in York Region, 33 in Peel Region, 29 in Sudbury, and 26 in Niagara. All other local public health units reported fewer than 25 new cases in the provincial report.

The death toll in the province has risen to 9,912 as nine more deaths were recorded.

As of 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 15,257 vaccines (5,506 for a first shot and 9,751 for a second shot) were administered in the last day.

There are more than 11.1 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, 590,641 Ontario residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is about 98 per cent of known cases. Resolved cases increased by 414 from the previous day.