Ontario reports 627 new COVID-19 cases, 1 more death
Global News
Of the 627 new cases recorded, 282 were unvaccinated people, 23 were partially vaccinated, 286 were fully vaccinated and for 36 people the vaccination status was unknown.
Ontario is reporting 627 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, breaking a four-day trend that saw case counts above 700. However, cases continue to rise week over week. The provincial case total now stands at 612,318.
For comparison, last Monday saw 552 new cases and the previous Monday saw 480. All three Monday’s saw similar testing volumes in the 20,000 range.
Of the 627 new cases recorded, the data showed 282 were unvaccinated people, 23 were partially vaccinated people, 286 were fully vaccinated people and for 36 people the vaccination status was unknown. The number of cases among vaccinated individuals has surpassed cases among unvaccinated people.
According to Monday’s report, 92 cases were recorded in Toronto, 53 each in Peel Region and Simcoe Muskoka, 38 in York Region, 37 in Sudbury and 35 in Waterloo. All other local public health units reported fewer than 35 new cases in the provincial report.
The death toll in the province has risen to 9,968 as one more death was reported.
As of 8 p.m. on Sunday, 6,488 vaccines (2,320 for a first shot and 4,168 for a second shot) were administered in the last day.
There are more than 11.2 million people fully immunized with two doses, which is 86 per cent of the eligible (12 and older) population. First dose coverage stands at 89 per cent.
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