Ontario Reports Nearly 850 New COVID-19 Cases, 11 More Deaths | The Canadian News

Ontario reported 848 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, the highest count in nearly a week. The total provincial cases now stands at 572,978.

Of the 848 new cases recorded, the data showed that 534 were unvaccinated, 76 were partially vaccinated, 189 were fully vaccinated, and for 49 people the vaccination status was unknown.

According to friday report, 166 cases were recorded in Toronto, 117 in the Peel region, 77 in the York region, 74 in Windsor-Essex, 53 in Hamilton, 53 in Ottawa and 48 in the Durham region.

All other local public health units reported fewer than 45 new cases in the provincial report.

The death toll in the province has risen to 9,590, as five new deaths were recorded. In addition, the Ontario Ministry of Health said that six more deaths occurred more than a month ago due to data cleansing and were also added to the grand total.

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Ontario Hospitalizations

Ontario reported that 361 people in general hospital wards had COVID-19 (four fewer than the day before) with 177 intensive care unit patients (seven fewer) and 153 ventilator ICU patients (seven fewer).

Provincial officials recently announced that they would begin to include the vaccination status of those hospitalized due to COVID-19 as part of their daily COVID-19 data reports. They noted that the new dataset will grow and improve over time as more information is collected.

For those in general hospital wards with COVID, 155 were not vaccinated, 16 were partially vaccinated, and 30 were fully vaccinated. For those in ICU, 109 were not vaccinated, while 9 were partially vaccinated and 14 were fully vaccinated.

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At the peak of the third wave, which was the worst wave of hospitalizations, the province saw up to 900 ICU patients with COVID. Data from the province have recorded that 5,707 patients in total have ever been in the ICU, with 29,330 patients hospitalized for COVID since the start of the pandemic.

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

At 8 p.m. Thursday, 35,844 vaccinations (16,477 for a first injection and 19,367 for a second injection) were administered on the last day.

There are more than 10.1 million people fully immunized with two doses, representing 77.7% of the eligible population (12 years and over). The coverage of the first dose is 84.1%.

Meanwhile, 557,265 Ontario residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is about 97 percent of known cases. The solved cases increased by 770 compared to the previous day.

Active cases in Ontario now stand at 6,123, up from the previous day when it was at 6,056, and has risen since Sept. 3 when it was at 6,094. 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 729, which is down from yesterday’s 723, and is down from last week when it was 732. A month ago, the seven-day average was around 300. .

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The government said 28,247 tests were processed in the last 24 hours. There is currently a backlog of 13,296 tests awaiting results.

The positivity of the test reached 3.1 percent. Last week, the positivity of the test was 3.2 percent.

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Worrisome variants in Ontario

Officials have listed disaggregated data for the new VOCs (variants of interest) detected so far in the province, consisting of:

“Alpha” VOC B.1.1.7 (first detected in UK): 146,444 variant cases, representing a four-day increase from the previous day. This strain dominated the third wave of Ontario.

“Delta” VOC B.1.617.2 (first detected in India): 14,051 variant cases, representing an increase of 748 from the previous day. This strain dominates the fourth wave of Ontario.

VOC B.1.351 “Beta” (first detected in South Africa): 1,501 variant cases, unchanged from the previous day.

“Gamma” the P.1 VOC (detected for the first time in Brazil): 5,223 variant cases, which remains unchanged from the previous day.

NOTE: It takes several days for positive COVID-19 tests to be retested to determine the exact variant. Therefore, there may be more variant cases than general cases in the daily reports.

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Here is a breakdown of the total cases in Ontario by gender and age:

  • 285,550 people are men, an increase of 437 cases.
  • 283,487 people are women, an increase of 420 cases.
  • 15,691 people are less than four years old, an increase of 45 cases.
  • 27,909 people are between the ages of 5 and 11, an increase of 82 cases.
  • 50,078 people are between 12 and 19 years old, an increase of 90 cases.
  • 215,174 people are between the ages of 20 and 39, an increase of 353 cases.
  • 161,706 people are between 40 and 59 years old, an increase of 178 cases.
  • 74,743 people are between 60 and 79 years old, an increase of 83 cases.
  • 25,570 people are 80 years or older, an increase of 17 cases.
  • The province notes that not all cases have a reported age or sex.

Here’s a breakdown of total COVID-19 related deaths by age:

  • Deaths reported in children under 19 years: 5
  • Deaths reported in ages 20 to 39: 92 (+1)
  • Deaths reported in ages 40 to 59: 638 (+4)
  • Deaths reported in ages 60 to 79: 3109 (+2)
  • Deaths reported in 80 years or more: 5,745 (+3)
  • The province indicates that there may be a delay in the notification of deaths and data

Cases, Deaths, and Outbreaks in Ontario Long-Term Care Homes

According to the Ministry of Long-Term Care, 3,804 deaths have been reported among residents and patients in long-term care homes in Ontario, representing an increase of two deaths from the previous day. Thirteen virus-related deaths in total have been reported among staff.

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There are seven current outbreaks in households, which have not changed from the previous day.

The ministry also indicated that there are currently 32 active cases among long-term care residents and 17 active cases among staff: an increase of four and a decrease of two, respectively, in the last day.

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