Ontario reports 711 new COVID-19 cases, highest single-day count in nearly 2 months

Of the 711 new cases recorded, 322 were unvaccinated people, 28 were partially vaccinated, 314 were fully vaccinated and for 47 people the vaccination status was unknown.

Ontario is reporting 711 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the largest increase in cases since Sept. 24 when 727 cases were recorded. The provincial case total now stands at 609,429.

For comparison, last Thursday saw 642 new cases and the previous Thursday saw 438. All three Thursday’s saw similar testing volumes in the 30,000 range.

Of the 711 new cases recorded, the data showed 322 were unvaccinated people, 28 were partially vaccinated people, 314 were fully vaccinated people and for 47 people the vaccination status was unknown.

According to Thursday’s report, 74 cases were recorded in Toronto, 71 in Windsor-Essex, 67 in Simcoe-Muskoka, 42 in Ottawa, 40 in Peel Region, 39 in York Region and 37 each in Waterloo and KFLA. 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 9,955 as five more deaths were reported.

As of 8 p.m. on Wednesday, 13,862 vaccines (5,153 for a first shot and 8,709 for a second shot) were administered in the last day.

There are more than 11.1 million people fully immunized with two doses, which is 85.7 per cent of the eligible (12 and older) population. First dose coverage stands at 88.8 per cent.

Meanwhile, 594,602 Ontario residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is around 97 per cent of known cases. Resolved cases increased by 575 from the previous day.