Ontario reports under 600 new COVID-19 cases, 7 more deaths
Global News
Of the 591 new cases recorded, 293 were unvaccinated people, 14 were partially vaccinated, 237 were fully vaccinated and for 47 people the vaccination status was unknown.
Ontario is reporting 591 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, as the count drops below 600 for the first time in a week. The provincial case total now stands at 613,522.
For comparison, last Wednesday saw 512 new cases and the previous Wednesday saw 454. All three Wednesday’s saw similar testing volumes in the 30,000 range.
Of the 591 new cases recorded, the data showed 293 were unvaccinated people, 14 were partially vaccinated people, 237 were fully vaccinated people and for 47 people the vaccination status was unknown.
According to Wednesday’s report, 74 cases were recorded in Toronto, 63 in Windsor-Essex, 60 in Simcoe Muskoka, 48 in York Region, and 43 in Peel Region. All other local public health units reported fewer than 35 new cases in the provincial report.
The death toll in the province has risen to 9,981 as seven more deaths were reported.
As of 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 12,706 vaccines (4,948 for a first shot and 7,758 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 per cent.
Meanwhile, 598,134 Ontario residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is around 97 per cent of known cases. Resolved cases increased by 664 from the previous day.