Ontario Reports 666 New COVID-19 Cases, 7 Deaths | The Canadian News

Ontario reported 666 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the provincial total to 607,173.

Of the 666 new cases registered, the data showed that 300 were unvaccinated, 24 were partially vaccinated, 300 were fully vaccinated, and for 42 people the vaccination status was unknown.

According to sunday report, 76 cases were registered in Toronto, 68 in Simcoe Muskoka, 47 in Niagara, Ottawa and Windsor, 42 in the Peel region, 41 in the York region and 30 in Waterloo.

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

The death toll in the province has risen to 9,934, as seven more deaths were recorded.

At 8 p.m. Saturday, 13,066 vaccines (4,377 for a first injection and 8,689 for a second injection) were administered on the last day.

There are more than 11.1 million people fully immunized with two doses, representing 85.5% of the eligible population (12 years and over). The coverage of the first dose is 88.7%.

Meanwhile, 592,461 Ontario residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is about 98 percent of known cases.

Active cases in Ontario now stand at 4,778, up from the previous day, when it was at 4,586.

The government said 24,853 tests were processed in the previous 24 hours. 7,708 tests are currently being investigated.

The positivity of the tests reached 2.7 percent on Sunday.

Ontario reported 126 people in general hospital wards with COVID-19 with 133 patients in intensive care units and 107 patients in intensive care units on a ventilator.

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