Ontario reports 788 new COVID-19 cases, 3 more deaths

Of the 788 new cases recorded, 412 were unvaccinated people, 27 were partially vaccinated, 315 were fully vaccinated and for 34 people the vaccination status was unknown.

Ontario is reporting 788 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, as the counts continue to rise week over week. The provincial case total now stands at 617,803.

For comparison, last Monday saw 627 new cases and the previous Monday saw 552. All three Monday’s saw similar testing volumes in the 20,000 range.

Of the 788 new cases recorded, the data showed 412 were unvaccinated people, 27 were partially vaccinated people, 315 were fully vaccinated people and for 34 people the vaccination status was unknown.

According to Monday’s report, 106 cases were recorded in Toronto, 84 in Windsor-Essex, 80 in Simcoe Muskoka, 49 in Peel Region, 48 in York Region and 47 in KFLA. All other local public health units reported fewer than 45 new cases in the provincial report.

The death toll in the province has risen to 9,997 as three more deaths were reported.

As of 8 p.m. on Sunday, 22,442 vaccines (19,375 for a first shot and 3,067 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 86.3 per cent of the aged 12 and older population. First dose coverage stands at 89.7 per cent.

Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, told reporters on Monday that 6.4 per cent of children aged 5 to 11 have already been vaccinated since doses went into arms late last week.