Ontario reports 476 new COVID-19 cases, 14 more deaths
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Ontario reported 476 new cases of COVID-19 and the deaths of 14 more people with the illness on Wednesday.
Of the 448 cases with a known vaccination status:
The seven-day average of new daily cases dropped slightly to 574.
Meanwhile, the additional deaths — four of which occurred "more than a month ago," according to the Ministry of Health, and were included in today's report due to "data cleaning" — pushed the official toll to 9,771.
Here are some other key pandemic indicators and figures from the daily provincial update:
Newly reported school-related cases: 173; 156 in students. Some 773 schools, or 16.1 per cent of Ontario's 4,844 publicly-funded schools, currently have at least one confirmed case. Eight schools in the province are closed due to COVID-19.
Patients in ICU with COVID-related illnesses: 156, with 103 needing a ventilator to breathe. According to Critical Care Services Ontario, 13 new adult patients with COVID-19 were admitted to ICUs on Tuesday.
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