Ontario reports 3,453 new COVID cases as test positivity reaches almost 10%
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Test positivity hit 9.9 per cent meaning almost 1 in 10 tests are coming back positive for COVID — the highest seen since the end of April.
Ontario is reporting 3,453 new COVID cases on Tuesday, as daily positive infections continue to rise amid the highly contagious Omicron variant. The provincial case total now stands at 657,180.
For comparison, last Tuesday saw 1,429 new cases and the previous Tuesday saw 928. Over the last three days, there were 3,784 new cases reported on Monday, 4,177 on Sunday, and 3,301 on Saturday.
The Ontario COVID-19 Science Table, a panel of doctors who advise the provincial government, noted on their dashboard that Omicron now accounts for at least 88 per cent of all positive cases, up from Friday when it was around 50 per cent.
However, as infections soar, patients with COVID in ICUs (intensive care units) have remained relatively stable but are overall on a slow rise. Experts have said it could take up to two weeks or more following a surge in new cases to see a sharper rise in hospitalizations/ICUs.
Of the 3,453 new cases recorded, the data showed 673 were unvaccinated people, 132 were partially vaccinated people, 2,500 were fully vaccinated people and for 148 people the vaccination status was unknown.
According to Tuesday’s report, 901 cases were recorded in Toronto, 359 in Ottawa, 345 in York Region, 280 in Peel Region, 245 in Halton Region, 168 in Waterloo and 160 in Durham Region. All other local public health units reported fewer than 160 new cases in the provincial report.
The death toll in the province has risen to 10,123 as 10 deaths were reported.
As of 8 p.m. on Monday, there are more than 11.3 million people fully immunized with two doses, which is 87.9 per cent of the aged 12 and older population. First dose coverage stands at 90.5 per cent. There are more than 2.1 million Ontarians who have received a booster shot.
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