Ontario reports under 500 new COVID-19 cases, 2 more deaths
Global News
Of the 480 new cases recorded, 244 were unvaccinated people, 13 were partially vaccinated, 191 were fully vaccinated and for 32 people the vaccination status was unknown.
Ontario is reporting 480 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, a slight dip from counts seen the last three days that went above 500. The provincial case total now stands at 603,711.
For comparison, last Monday saw 422 new cases and the previous Monday saw 326. All three Monday’s saw comparable testing volumes in the 20,000 range.
Of the 480 new cases recorded, the data showed 244 were unvaccinated people, 13 were partially vaccinated people, 191 were fully vaccinated people and for 32 people the vaccination status was unknown.
According to Monday’s report, 53 cases were recorded in Toronto, 49 in Waterloo, 39 in York Region, 39 in Peel Region, 29 in Niagara, 23 in Sudbury, and 21 in Windsor-Essex. 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 9,900 as two more deaths were recorded.
As of 8 p.m. on Sunday, 17,057 vaccines (5,428 for a first shot and 11,629 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.
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