Ontario Reports Another 1,536 COVID-19 Cases and One More Death, according to your latest report released Monday morning.
Vaccines
Ontario has administered 34,966 vaccine dose since its last daily update, with 24,484,692 vaccinations administered in total at 8 pm the night before.
According to Star’s vaccine tracker, 12,010,172 people in Ontario have received at least one injection. That is roughly 85.7 percent of the eligible population ages five and older and the equivalent of 80.8 percent of the total population, including those who are not yet eligible for the vaccine.
The province says 11,330,544 people have completed their vaccinations, meaning they have received both doses. That is roughly 80.9% of the eligible population ages five and older, and the equivalent of 76.2% of the total population, including those who are not yet eligible for the vaccine.
Hospitalizations by vaccine status
The province includes data that reflects hospitalizations and cases by vaccination status. Ontario cautions that the new process may cause discrepancies between other hospitalization numbers that are collected through a different process, and that the data may not match daily COVID-19 case counts.
The province reports that 601 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in unvaccinated people, 33 were partially vaccinated, and 809 cases were fully vaccinated. The province says that even with a highly effective vaccine, cases can occur among vaccinated people because a greater proportion of the population is vaccinated than not vaccinated. Again, the province cautions that the data may not match daily COVID case counts because records with a missing or invalid health card number cannot be linked.
The province says data on hospitalizations by vaccination status will not be updated on Sundays and Mondays due to incomplete weekend reports.
COVID in schools
The province also includes data on COVID-19 in schools as part of its daily reports.
There are 944 schools with a reported COVID case out of 4,844 schools in the province, or 19.49 percent.
There are 214 new cases reported Monday for a total of 9,530 school-related COVID cases reported in Ontario.
The province says 20 schools have closed due to outbreaks or operational considerations. It does not include regional closures in a local public health unit area.
To find out if there are COVID cases in your child’s school, use Star’s tracking tool to search.
COVID test
The seven-day average is 1,328 cases per day.
The province says 38,331 tests were completed the day before and a 5.5 percent positivity rate, the highest since May 25, when the positivity rate was 6.2.
There are currently 253 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the province, including 143 intensive care patients who have tested positive for COVID-19. There are 90 people with fans.
Locally, Ontario reports 255 new cases in Toronto, 139 in the York region, 116 in Ottawa, 89 in the Peel region, 82 in Windsor-Essex, and 56 in the Durham region. The last time Toronto reported a similar increase in new cases was on May 28. The York region has not seen a triple-digit daily increase since September.
COVID in long-term care
Meanwhile, the province reports that there are no new deaths in long-term care, so the number of residents who have died remains the same at 3,828. in the latest report published by the province.
Ontario reports that there is one more long-term care home in the outbreak, for a total of nine or 1.4 percent of LTC homes in the province.
These data are self-reported by long-term care homes to the Ministry of Long-Term Care. Daily case and death figures may not immediately match the figures published by local public health units due to delays in reporting time.
Variants of concern
There are 273 more cases of the Delta variant first detected in India, for a cumulative total of 11,779 cases.
There are 18 more cases of the Omicron variant first identified by South Africa, for a cumulative total of 80 cases.
Reference-www.thestar.com