Ontario reported 535 COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 591,866.
Health Minister Christine Elliott said that of the new cases, 388 involve people who are not fully vaccinated or have unknown vaccination status, while 147 are fully vaccinated people.
For comparison, 580 cases were reported last Sunday, meaning the seven-day average continues to fall.
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Two additional deaths were also announced on October 10, bringing the number of provincial deaths related to the virus to 9,790.
A total of 577,490 coronavirus cases are considered resolved, representing an increase of 539.
More than 29,700 additional tests were completed. Ontario has administered a total of 18,397,444 tests and 8,610 remain under investigation.
The province indicated that the positivity rate for the last day was 1.8 percent, which is the same as Saturday’s report, and below last Sunday’s report, when it was two percent.
Provincial figures showed that there are 153 people in intensive care due to COVID-19 (no change), 100 of whom are on a ventilator (six more).
As of 8 p.m. Saturday, 22,071,730 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine had been administered in Ontario, representing an increase of 29,247. Of the last injections administered, 10,281 were first doses and 18,966 were second doses.
In Ontario, 87 percent of people over the age of 12 have received at least one dose of vaccine and 82.3 percent are fully vaccinated.
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