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Ontario logs 613 new COVID-19 cases, no further deaths
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Ontario reported 613 new cases of COVID-19 and no further deaths linked to the illness on Monday.
Of the 544 cases today with a known vaccination status:
The seven-day average of daily cases remained flat at 621.
Here are some other key pandemic indicators and figures from the Ministry of Health's daily provincial update:
Newly reported school-related cases: 135; 120 students, 13 staff and two individuals who were not identified. About 779 schools, or 16 per cent of Ontario's 4,844 publicly-funded schools, currently have at least one confirmed case. One school in the province is closed due to COVID-19.
Tests completed in the last 24 hours: 22,633.
Provincewide test positivity rate: Two per cent.
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