Ontario Reports 9,418 New COVID Cases Monday | The Canadian News

Health Minister Christine Elliott said there were 9,418 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, as case counts continue to reach levels not seen since the pandemic began.

Over the past three days, 9,826 new infections were reported on Sunday with a record 10,412 new cases on Saturday and 9,571 on Friday.

For comparison, last Monday he saw 3,784 new cases and the previous Monday he saw 1,536 new cases.

Elliott said 480 people are hospitalized with COVID, which is higher than Sunday’s report when there were 373 people hospitalized. There are 176 people in ICUs (intensive care units) due to a COVID-related illness, which is up from last week when there were 164 people.

However, Elliott noted that not all hospitals report statistics on weekends or holidays.

Despite the recent increase in cases, the number of people in ICUs due to COVID-19 has remained relatively stable, but has generally increased slowly.

More than 45,000 doses of vaccines were administered on Boxing Day. He said that 90.7 percent of Ontario residents age 12 and older have received one dose of the vaccine, while 88 percent have received at least two.

Data on tests, deaths and recoveries were not available.

A full update of the numbers related to the COVID-19 situation in Ontario was not released due to the holidays.

All data is expected to be updated on Wednesday and will span December 25-29.