Ontario reports 466 new COVID-19 cases as counts continue to trend downwards

The seven-day average in Ontario has now reached 606 which is down from a week prior when it was 710.

Ontario is reporting 466 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, which is lower than it was a week ago at 574. The provincial case total now stands at 570,030.

Of the 466 new cases recorded, the data showed 277 were unvaccinated people, 27 were partially vaccinated people, 119 were fully vaccinated people and for 43 people the vaccination status was unknown.

According to Tuesday’s report, 138 cases were recorded in Toronto, 39 in Peel Region, 31 each in Ottawa and Windsor-Essex, and 25 each in Hamilton and Niagara.

All other local public health units reported fewer than 25 new cases in the provincial report.

The death toll in the province has risen to at 9,725 as 11 more deaths were recorded including two that occurred more than a month ago due to data cleanup.

As of 8 p.m. on Monday, 31,855 vaccines (12,970 for a first shot and 18,885  for a second shot) were administered in the last day.

There are more than 10.4 million people fully immunized with two doses, which is 80.5 per cent of the eligible (12 and older) population. First dose coverage stands at 86 per cent.

Meanwhile, 585,007 Ontario residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is about 97 per cent of known cases. Resolved cases increased by 819 from the previous day.