Ontario reports 677 new COVID-19 cases as 7-day average continues to drop
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Ontario's seven-day average has now reached 665 which is the down from yesterday’s at 692, and is also down from last week when it was 732.
Ontario is reporting 677 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, as the seven-day average continues to decline. The provincial case total now stands at 581,908.
Of the 677 new cases recorded, the data showed 433 were unvaccinated people, 41 were partially vaccinated people, 148 were fully vaccinated people and for 55 people the vaccination status was unknown.
According to Thursday’s report, 136 cases were recorded in Toronto, 76 in Peel Region, 73 in York Region, 39 in Windsor-Essex, 39 in Durham Region, 38 in Hamilton, 31 in Middlesex-London, 29 in Ottawa, and 26 in Niagara Region.
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 9,677, as seven more virus-related deaths were recorded including one of those from more than a month ago due to data cleanup.
As of 8 p.m. on Wednesday, 44,754 vaccines (17,685 for a first shot and 27,069 for a second shot) were administered in the last day.
There are more than 10.3 million people fully immunized with two doses, which is 79.6 per cent of the eligible (12 and older) population. First dose coverage stands at 85.5 per cent.
Meanwhile, 566,386 Ontario residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is about 97 per cent of known cases. Resolved cases increased by 676 from the previous day.
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