Ontario reports 704 new COVID-19 infections, 7 more deaths

Ontario health officials are reporting just over 700 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday.

The province confirmed 704 new cases of the novel coronavirus, as well as seven more deaths due to the disease.

Ontario’s rolling seven-day average now stands at 607, down from 629 at this point last week.

With 29,510 tests processed in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health says the positivity rate in the province stands at 1.8 per cent.

Of the new infections reported Saturday, 506 cases involved people who are either unvaccinated, partially vaccinated or their vaccination status is unknown. The remaining 198 infections involved people who are fully vaccinated.