Ontario Reports 613 New COVID-19 Cases, 6 More Deaths | The Canadian News

Ontario reported 613 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, as cases continue to rise week after week. The total number of provincial cases now stands at 612,931.

For comparison, last Tuesday he saw 481 new cases and the previous Tuesday 441. All three Tuesdays saw similar test volumes in the 20,000 range.

Of the 613 new cases registered, the data showed that 288 were unvaccinated, 30 were partially vaccinated, 266 were fully vaccinated, and for 29 people the vaccination status was unknown.

According to Tuesday report, 72 cases were recorded in Toronto, 73 in Simcoe Muskoka, 47 in the York region, 40 in the Waterloo region and 35 in the Peel region. All other local public health units reported fewer than 35 new cases in the provincial report.

The death toll in the province has risen to 9,974, as six more deaths were reported.

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

At 8pm on Monday, 11,096 vaccines (4,188 for a first injection and 6,908 for a second injection) were administered on the last day.

There are more than 11.2 million people fully immunized with two doses, representing 86% of the eligible population (12 years and older). The coverage of the first dose is 89%.

Meanwhile, 597,470 Ontario residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is about 97 percent of known cases. The solved cases increased by 717 compared to the previous day.

Active cases in Ontario now stand at 5,487, down from the previous day when it was at 5,597, but has risen since Nov. 16 when it was at 4,814. 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 675, which is up from the previous week when it was 579. A month ago, the seven-day average was around 400.

The government said 19,859 tests were processed in the previous 24 hours. 14,591 tests are currently being investigated.

The positivity of the test reached 3.1 percent. Last week, the test positivity was 2.5 percent.

Ontario Hospitalizations

Ontario reported that 282 people in general hospital wards had COVID-19 (146 more than the day before) with 134 patients in intensive care units (one more) and 111 patients in intensive care units on a ventilator (no change).

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.

For those in general hospital wards with COVID, 95 were not vaccinated, 9 were partially vaccinated, and 66 were fully vaccinated. For those in ICU, 60 were not vaccinated while 2 were partially vaccinated and 16 were fully vaccinated.

Provincial officials noted this new dataset with vaccination status for hospitalizations it will grow and improve over time as more information is collected. There may also be a discrepancy due to how and when information from both is collected.

More to come.

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