Ontario Reports 356 COVID-19 Cases, 4 Deaths | The Canadian News

Ontario reported 356 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 599,615.

Health Minister Christine Elliott said that of the new cases, 230 involve people who are not fully vaccinated or have unknown vaccination status, while 126 are fully vaccinated people.

For comparison, 373 cases were reported last Saturday, meaning the seven-day average was down.

Four additional deaths were also announced on October 30, bringing the provincial death toll related to the virus to 9,869.

A total of 586,696 coronavirus cases are considered resolved, representing an increase of 340.

Almost 26,800 additional tests were completed. Ontario has administered a total of 18,936,035 tests and 11,763 remain under investigation.

The province indicated that the positivity rate for the last day was 1.4 percent, which is slightly higher than Friday’s report, when it was 1.3 percent, and below last Saturday’s report, when it was 1.5 percent.

Provincial figures showed that there are 132 people in intensive care due to COVID-19 (an increase of two), 86 of whom are on a ventilator (a decrease of three).

Elliott said that of those in intensive care, 119 patients are either not fully vaccinated or have unknown vaccination status, while 13 are fully vaccinated.

As of 8 p.m. Friday, 22,498,977 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine had been administered in Ontario, representing an increase of 22,323. Of the last injections administered, 7,031 were first doses and 15,292 were second doses.

In Ontario, 88.1 percent of people age 12 and older have received at least one dose of vaccine and 84.4 percent are fully vaccinated.

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