Ontario reports 304 new COVID-19 cases, lowest daily count since early August
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Of the new cases recorded, 198 were unvaccinated people, 10 were partially vaccinated people, 84 were fully vaccinated people and for 12 people the vaccination status was unknown.
Ontario is reporting 304 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the tenth day in a row the count is fewer than 500. The provincial case total now stands at 595,867.
It is also the smallest increase in cases since Aug. 5 when 213 new cases were recorded.
Of the 304 new cases recorded, the data showed 198 were unvaccinated people, 10 were partially vaccinated people, 84 were fully vaccinated people and for 12 people the vaccination status was unknown.
According to Wednesday’s report, 46 cases were recorded in Toronto, 24 in Sudbury, 22 in York Region, 21 in Windsor-Essex, 20 in Hamilton, 19 in Ottawa, and 15 in Durham Region.
All other local public health units reported fewer than 15 new cases in the provincial report.
The death toll in the province has risen to 9,823 as four more deaths were recorded.
As of 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 25,284 vaccines (9,113 for a first shot and 16,171 for a second shot) were administered in the last day.
There are more than 10.8 million people fully immunized with two doses, which is 83.4 per cent of the eligible (12 and older) population. First dose coverage stands at 87.6 per cent.
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