Ontario reports 748 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths

Of the 748 new cases recorded, 356 were unvaccinated people, 19 were partially vaccinated, 329 were fully vaccinated and for 44 people the vaccination status was unknown.

Ontario is reporting 748 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, as the counts continue to rise week over week. The provincial case total now stands at 614,270.

For comparison, last Thursday saw 711 new cases and the previous Thursday saw 642. All three Thursday’s saw similar testing volumes in the 30,000 range.

Of the 748 new cases recorded, the data showed 356 were unvaccinated people, 19 were partially vaccinated people, 329 were fully vaccinated people and for 44 people the vaccination status was unknown.

According to Thursday’s report, 77 cases were recorded in Toronto, 57 in Windsor-Essex, 55 in Simcoe Muskoka, 48 in Peel Region, 45 in Ottawa and 43 in York Region. All other local public health units reported fewer than 40 new cases in the provincial report.

The death toll in the province has risen to 9,985 as four more deaths were reported.

As of 8 p.m. on Wednesday, 12,566 vaccines (5,033 for a first shot and 7,533 for a second shot) were administered in the last day.

There are more than 11.2 million people fully immunized with two doses, which is 86.1 per cent of the eligible (12 and older) population. First dose coverage stands at 89.1 per cent.

Meanwhile, 598,733 Ontario residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is around 97 per cent of known cases. Resolved cases increased by 599 from the previous day.