Ontario sets daily record of 10,436 new COVID cases since the pandemic began
Global News
Wednesday's count of 10,436 new cases edged out the previous single-day record reported on Christmas Day when 10,412 new cases were recorded.
Ontario is reporting 10,436 new COVID cases on Wednesday, setting a new record for the most cases recorded within 24 hours. The provincial case total now stands at 725,841.
Wednesday’s count edged out the previous single-day high reported on Christmas Day when 10,412 new cases were recorded.
Case counts due to the Omicron variant have surged over the last couple weeks. For comparison, last Wednesday saw 4,383 new cases and the Wednesday before that saw 1,808.
Over the last three days, there were 8,825 new infections on Tuesday, 9,418 reported on Monday, and 9,826 new cases on Sunday. The seven-day average has now reached 9,183.
The Ontario government released its full dataset from the last five days due to the holidays, as only portions of data were released daily by the health minister and Public Health Ontario.
Of the 10,436 new cases recorded, the data showed 1,514 were unvaccinated people, 425 were partially vaccinated people, 8,221 were fully vaccinated people and for 276 people the vaccination status was unknown.
For the regional breakdown, 2,715 cases were recorded in Toronto, 1,252 in York Region, 1,066 in Peel Region, 644 in Ottawa, 524 in Durham Region, and 539 in Hamilton. All other local public health units reported fewer than 500 new cases in the provincial report.
Although ICU capacity has previously remained relatively stable, the number of people in ICUs and for general hospitalizations due to COVID-19 is now on the rise following the surge in cases.
