Ontario Reports 326 New COVID-19 Cases, No New Deaths | The Canadian News

Ontario reported 326 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, as the seven-day average continues to decline. The total number of provincial cases now stands at 597,841.

Of the 326 new cases registered, the data showed that 183 were unvaccinated, 7 were partially vaccinated, 95 were fully vaccinated, and for 41 people the vaccination status was unknown.

According to monday report, 39 cases were recorded in Toronto, 33 in the Peel region, 31 in the York region, 24 in Ottawa, 20 in Chatham-Kent and 20 in the Waterloo region.

All other local public health units reported fewer than 30 new cases in the provincial report.

The death toll in the province has remained at 9,846 as no new deaths were recorded.

Vaccinations, recoveries, tests, 7-day average in Ontario

At 8pm on Sunday, 9,697 vaccines (3,037 for a first injection and 6,660 for a second injection) were administered on the last day.

There are more than 10.9 million people fully immunized with two doses, representing 83.9% of the eligible population (12 years and older). The coverage of the first dose is 87.9%.

Meanwhile, 584,780 Ontario residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is about 98 percent of known cases. Solved cases increased by 369 compared to the previous day.

Active cases in Ontario now stand at 3,215, down from the previous day when it was at 3,258, and it’s down from October 18 when it was at 3,846. At the peak of the second wave coronavirus surge in January, active cases reached just over 30,000. In the third wave in April, active cases exceeded 43,000.

The seven-day average has now reached 372, which is less than the previous week when it was 416. A month ago, the seven-day average was around 600.

The government said 18,397 tests were processed in the previous 24 hours. 7,079 tests are currently being investigated.

The positivity of the test reached 1.6 percent. Last week, the test positivity was 1.8 percent.

Ontario Hospitalizations

Ontario reported that 163 people in general hospital wards had COVID-19 (25 fewer than the previous day) with 138 patients in intensive care units (an increase of one) and 109 patients in intensive care units on a ventilator (a increase of two).

At the peak of the third wave, which was the worst wave of hospitalizations, the province saw up to 900 ICU patients with COVID and almost 2,400 in general hospital wards.

Provincial officials announced that they would begin to include the vaccination status of those hospitalized for COVID-19 as part of their daily COVID-19 data reports. They noted that the new dataset will grow and improve over time as more information is collected. There may be a discrepancy due to how and when information from both is collected.

Due to the weekend and incomplete data, the latest figures come from Saturday. For those in general hospital wards with COVID, 119 were not vaccinated, 12 were partially vaccinated, and 36 were fully vaccinated. For those in ICU, 71 were not vaccinated, while 6 were partially vaccinated and 16 were fully vaccinated.

Worrisome variants in Ontario

Officials have listed disaggregated data for the new VOCs (variants of interest) detected so far in the province, consisting of:

“Alpha” VOC B.1.1.7 (first detected in UK): 146,500 variant cases, unchanged from the previous day. This strain dominated the third wave of Ontario.

“Delta” VOC B.1.617.2 (first detected in India): 20,490 variant cases, representing an increase of 31 from the previous day. This strain dominates the fourth wave of Ontario.

VOC B.1.351 “Beta” (first detected in South Africa): 1,503 variant cases, unchanged from the previous day.

“Gamma” the P.1 VOC (detected for the first time in Brazil): 5,231 variant cases, which increases by 1 since the previous day.

NOTE: It takes several days for positive COVID-19 tests to be retested to determine the exact variant. Therefore, there may be more variant cases than general cases in the daily reports.

Here is a breakdown of the total cases in Ontario by gender and age:

• 298,832 people are men, an increase of 163 cases.
• 296,875 people are women, an increase of 158 cases.
• 17,047 people are less than four years old, an increase of 24 cases.
• 31,489 people are between the ages of 5 and 11, an increase of 62 cases.
• 53,398 people are between 12 and 19 years old, an increase of 35 cases.
• 224,995 people are between the ages of 20 and 39, an increase of 88 cases.
• 167,437 people are between 40 and 59 years old, an increase of 70 cases.
• 77,302 people are between 60 and 79 years old, an increase of 38 cases.
• 26,065 people are 80 years or older, an increase of 8 cases.
• The province notes that not all cases have a reported age or sex.

Here’s a breakdown of total COVID-19 related deaths by age:

• Deaths reported in children under 19 years: six
• Deaths reported ages 20 to 39: 101
• Deaths reported in ages 40 to 59: 682
• Deaths reported in ages 60 to 79: 3222
• Deaths reported in 80 years or more: 5,834
• The province indicates that there may be a delay in the notification of deaths and data

Cases Among Ontario School Staff and Students

In the meantime, government figures show There are currently 582 of the 4,844 schools in Ontario with at least one case of COVID-19.

On Monday, Ontario reported 88 new cases of COVID-19 in schools, 74 among students, 13 among staff and one person was not identified. Data was collected between Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon, a 24-hour period.

There are 1,159 active infections among both students and staff, a decrease from the 1,090 active cases reported on Friday.

Two schools are closed as a result of positive cases.

Cases, Deaths, and Outbreaks in Ontario Long-Term Care Homes

According to the Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care, 3,824 deaths have been reported among residents and patients in long-term care homes in Ontario, which has not changed from the previous day. Thirteen virus-related deaths in total have been reported among staff.

There are 5 current outbreaks in households, which has not changed from the previous day.

The ministry also indicated that there are currently 13 active cases among long-term care residents and 14 active cases among staff: a reduction of one and a reduction of five, respectively, in the last day.

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