Ontario reports 1,536 new COVID cases as daily infections continue to soar

Ontario is reporting 1,536 new COVID cases on Monday, as case numbers continued to rise last week and testing positivity hit a nearly seven-month high. The total number of provincial cases is now 633,683.

For comparison, last Monday there were 887 new cases and the previous Monday there were 788 cases. In the past three days, there were 1,476 new cases reported on Sunday, 1,607 on Saturday and 1,453 on Friday.

However, as infections increase, patients with COVID in ICUs (intensive care units) have remained relatively stable but are generally growing slowly.

Of the 1,536 new cases recorded, 601 were unvaccinated, 33 partially vaccinated, 809 fully vaccinated, and 93 had unknown vaccination status.

According to Monday’s report, 255 cases have been recorded in Toronto, 142 in Kingston-area, 129 in York, 116 in Ottawa, 89 in Peel, 82 in Windsor-Essex and 75 cases in the Halton area. All other local public health units reported fewer than 75 new cases in the province’s report.

The death toll in the province rose to 10,079 as one more death was reported.

Vaccinations, recovery, testing, 7 days average in Ontario

As of 8 p.m. Sunday, more than 11.3 million people had been fully immunized with two doses, which is 87.6% of the population 12 years of age and older. The first dose coverage rate was 90.3%. 1,128,482 Ontarians received a booster shot.

For young children aged five to 11 years, first dose coverage was 30.9% – 332,757 doses among more than 1 million eligible children.

Meanwhile, 612,066 Ontario residents are reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is 97% of known cases. Resolved cases increased by 800 from the previous day.

Active cases in Ontario now stand at 11,538 – up from the previous day at 10,803 and up from December 6 when it was at 8,439. At the height of the second coronavirus spike in January, active cases reached just above 30,000. In the third wave in April, active cases topped 43,000.

The seven-day average has now reached 1,328, the highest in a month since late May as Ontario emerged from a devastating third wave. It is up from last week when it was 940. A month ago, the seven-day average was around 600.

The government said 38,331 tests were processed in the previous 24 hours. There are 15,048 tests currently under investigation.

Test positivity reached 5.5% – the highest level seen since late May. Last week, test positivity was 3.5%.

Hospitalization in Ontario

Ontario reports 253 people in general hospital wards have been infected with COVID-19 (up 31 from the previous day) with 161 patients in the intensive care unit (up three) and 143 patients in the ward especially by ventilator (increase by five).

Ontario Health officials recently said intensive care capacity could reach between 250 or 300 patients before the health care system is impacted and require an increase in certain surgeries and procedures. urgent.

During the third peak, the worst of the hospitalizations, the province had as many as 900 patients in ICUs with COVID and nearly 2,400 patients in general hospitals.

Since it’s a weekend, the latest data comes from Saturday. For the ward general hospitals with COVID, there were 166 unvaccinated people, 14 partially vaccinated cases and 84 fully vaccinated cases. For those in ICUs, 68 were unvaccinated while 3 were partially vaccinated and 25 were fully immunized.

Provincial officials note that this new dataset with immunization status for hospital admissions will grow and improve over time as more information is gathered. There may also be differences due to how and when information is collected for both.

Below is a breakdown of total cases in Ontario by sex and age:

• Men are 316,740 people – an increase of 785 cases.
• 314,692 were female – an increase of 739 cases.
• 18,793 people under 4 years old – an increase of 74 cases.
• 37,865 people from 5 to 11 people – an increase of 298 cases.
• 56,264 people aged 12 to 19 – an increase of 150 cases.
• 235,744 people from 20 to 39 – an increase of 470 cases.
• 176,316 people between 40 and 59 – an increase of 361 cases.
• 81,723 people from 60 to 79 – an increase of 156 cases.
• 26,866 people aged 80 and over – an increase of 26 cases.
• The province notes that not all cases have reported age or sex.

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

• Deaths reported aged 19 and under: Seven
• Deaths reported between the ages of 20 and 39: 110
• Deaths reported between the ages of 40 and 59: 711
• Deaths reported between the ages of 60 and 79: 3,324
• Number of deaths reported aged 80 and over: 5,926
• The province notes that there may be delays in reporting deaths and data

More will come.