Ontario reports 422 new COVID-19 cases, 3 more deaths
Global News
Of the 422 new cases recorded, 225 were unvaccinated people, 13 were partially vaccinated, 161 were fully vaccinated and for 23 people the vaccination status was unknown.
Ontario is reporting 422 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, a slight uptick from a week ago but is still under 500. The provincial case total now stands at 600,377.
For comparison, last Monday saw 326 new cases (a jump of nearly 100 cases) and the previous Monday saw 373.
Of the 422 new cases recorded, the data showed 225 were unvaccinated people, 13 were partially vaccinated people, 161 were fully vaccinated people and for 23 people the vaccination status was unknown.
According to Monday’s report, 61 cases were recorded in Toronto, 47 in Peel Region, 41 in York Region, 38 in Ottawa, 25 in Simcoe Muskoka, 21 in Southwestern, and 20 in Hamilton.
All other local public health units reported fewer than 20 new cases in the provincial report.
The death toll in the province has risen to 9,874 as three new deaths were recorded.
As of 8 p.m. on Sunday, 7,427 vaccines (2,335 for a first shot and 5,092 for a second shot) were administered in the last day.
There are more than 11 million people fully immunized with two doses, which is 84.5 per cent of the eligible (12 and older) population. First dose coverage stands at 88.2 per cent.
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