Ontario is reporting more than 500 new COVID cases for the second time in the past week.
The province reported 508 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, most of which are people who are not fully vaccinated or their vaccination status is unknown.
Three new deaths were announced, although three deaths were also removed from the total, which leaves the death toll at 9,896.
There are 370 more resolved cases in the province.
The number of active cases went up to 3,533.
There were 30,145 tests completed the day prior to this report.
The province reported a positivity rate of 1.9 per cent.
So far in Ontario, 22,585,340 vaccines have been administered.
According to the province, 11,521,845 people have at least one dose and 11,063,495 people are fully vaccinated or have received both doses.
| Severity | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Number of cases | 602,595 | N/A |
| Change from previous report (new cases) | 508 | 0.1% increase |
| Resolved | 589,166 | 97.8 |
| Change from previous report | 370 | 0.1% increase |
| Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents | 15,640 | 2.6 |
| Subset of all cases that are reported as a health care worker associated with long-term care outbreaks | 7,388 | 1.2 |
| Total number of deaths | 9,8963 deaths were removed from the cumulative total based on data cleaning. | 1.6 |
| New deaths reported | 3 | <0.1% increase |
| Deaths reported for residents in long-term care homes | 4,022 | 40.6 |
| Deaths reported for health care workers in long-term care homes | 10 | 0.1 |
| Variant | Cases |
|---|---|
| Lineage B.1.1.7 (Alpha) | 146,511 |
| Lineage B.1.351 (Beta) | 1,503 |
| Lineage P.1 (Gamma) | 5,231 |
| Lineage B.1.617.2 (Delta) | 21,452 |
| Case characteristics | Number |
|---|---|
| Male | 301,255 |
| Female | 299,193 |
| 0-4 | 17,282 |
| 5-11 | 32,188 |
| 12-19 | 53,758 |
| 20-39 | 226,468 |
| 40-59 | 168,637 |
| 60-79 | 77,960 |
| 80 and over | 26,194 |
| Testing | Number |
|---|---|
| Total tests completed | 19,127,141 |
| Total tests completed in the previous day | 30,145 |
| Currently under investigation | 14,173 |
| Hospitalizations | Number |
|---|---|
| Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 | 203 |
| Total patients in ICU due to COVID-related critical illness | 130 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU, testing positive for COVID | 111 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU due to COVID, no longer testing positive for COVID | 19 |
| Total patients in ICU on a ventilator due to COVID-related critical illness | 82 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU on a ventilator with COVID-19 | 67 |
| Patients in ICU due to COVID on a ventilator, no longer testing positive for COVID | 15 |
