Ontario reported 854 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 616,051.
This is a drop from Friday, when Ontario reported 927 cases for the first time since early September, where the number was higher than 900.
For comparison, last Saturday there were 728 new cases and the previous Saturday there were 661 cases.
Two more deaths were recorded on Saturday, bringing the province’s death toll to 9,993 people.
Of the 854 reported cases, 451 have not been fully vaccinated and 31 have unknown vaccination status, the Ministry of Health said. The remaining 349 cases were recorded in fully vaccinated individuals.
According to a tweet by Health Secretary Christine Elliot, 254 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Of the 254 patients, 206 were either incompletely vaccinated or with unknown vaccination status. The remaining 48 patients were fully vaccinated.
According to the latest provincial data, 107 cases were recorded in Simcoe Muskoka county, 97 cases were recorded in Toronto, 82 cases in Windsor-Essex, 48 cases in York, 47 cases in Peel, 44 cases in Ottawa, and 43 cases in Sudbury and counties. All other public health units recorded less than 40 cases.
Within the last 24 hours, 31,444 tests were completed. 3% positivity test. Last week, the test’s positivity was 2.3%.
According to the latest data, 86.3% of 12 years and older are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. At least 89.4 percent of the eligible population received at least one dose. More than 22 million doses have been administered since the vaccine rollout began last year.
The province also reported 580 cases considered resolved on Saturday.
More will come.
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