Ontario reports 927 new COVID-19 cases, 6 more deaths

Of the 927 new cases recorded, 467 were unvaccinated people, 27 were partially vaccinated, 378 were fully vaccinated and for 55 people the vaccination status was unknown.

Ontario is reporting 927 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, as the counts continue to rise week over week and the first time since early September the count is higher than 900. The provincial case total now stands at 615,197.

For comparison, last Friday saw 793 new cases and the previous Friday saw 598. All three Friday’s saw similar testing volumes in the 30,000 range.

Of the 927 new cases recorded, the data showed 467 were unvaccinated people, 27 were partially vaccinated people, 378 were fully vaccinated people and for 55 people the vaccination status was unknown.

According to Friday’s report, 129 cases were recorded in Toronto, 73 in Simcoe Muskoka, 62 in Windsor-Essex, 54 in Peel Region, 53 in Ottawa, and 52 in York Region. All other local public health units reported fewer than 50 new cases in the provincial report.

The death toll in the province has risen to 9,991 as six more deaths were reported.

As of 8 p.m. on Thursday, 19,820 vaccines (12,228 for a first shot and 7,592 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 86.2 per cent of the aged 12 and older population. First dose coverage stands at 89.2 per cent.

Meanwhile, 599,399 Ontario residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is around 97 per cent of known cases. Resolved cases increased by 666 from the previous day.