Ontario reports 640 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday
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Ontario reported another 640 cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. Of those cases, 485 have occurred in people who are not fully vaccinated or whose vaccination status is unclear; 155 cases have occurred in people who are fully vaccinated.
Here are some other key pandemic indicators and figures from the Ministry of Health's daily provincial update:
Tests completed: 33,303
Provincewide test positivity rate: 1.9 per cent
Active cases: 5,583
Patients in ICU with COVID-related illnesses: 178; 128 needed a ventilator to breathe
Deaths: 10, pushing the official toll to 9,698
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