Ontario Reports Fewer Than 600 New COVID-19 Cases, 7 More Deaths | The Canadian News

Ontario reported 591 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, as the count falls below 600 for the first time in a week. The total number of provincial cases now stands at 613,522.

For comparison, last Wednesday he saw 512 new cases and the previous Wednesday 454. All three Wednesdays saw similar test volumes in the 30,000 range.

Of the 591 new cases registered, the data showed that 293 were unvaccinated, 14 were partially vaccinated, 237 were fully vaccinated, and for 47 people the vaccination status was unknown.

According to Wednesday report, 74 cases were registered in Toronto, 63 in Windsor-Essex, 60 in Simcoe Muskoka, 48 in the York region and 43 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 9,981, as seven more deaths were reported.

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

At 8 p.m. Tuesday, 12,706 vaccines (4,948 for a first injection and 7758 for a second injection) were administered on the last day.

There are more than 11.2 million people fully immunized with two doses, representing 86.1% of the eligible population (12 years and older). The coverage of the first dose is 89%.

Meanwhile, 598,134 Ontario residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is about 97 percent of known cases. Solved cases increased by 664 compared to the previous day.

Active cases in Ontario now stand at 5,407, down from the previous day when it was at 5,487, but has risen since Nov. 17 when it was at 4,741. 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 686, which is up from the previous week when it was 587. A month ago, the seven-day average was around 375.

The government said 30,092 tests were processed in the previous 24 hours. Currently 15,681 tests are being investigated.

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

Ontario Hospitalizations

Ontario reported 289 people in general hospital wards with COVID-19 (seven more than the day before) with 137 intensive care unit patients (three more) and 118 intensive care unit patients on a ventilator (seven more) .

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, 104 were not vaccinated, 5 were partially vaccinated, and 59 were fully vaccinated. For those in ICU, 66 were not vaccinated while 3 were partially vaccinated and 14 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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