Ontario reports another 495 cases of COVID-19, eight additional deaths
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Health officials in Ontario are reporting 495 more cases of COVID-19 and another eight deaths related to the disease.
Of the cases logged today, 380 involve individuals who are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status and 115 involve fully vaccinated individuals.
Right now, there are 292 people in hospital with the disease, 260 of whom are either not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status. At least 32 are fully vaccinated.
ICU's across the province are currently treating 172 people. Those patients include 164 who are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status and eight are fully vaccinated.
Wednesday's report brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in the province to 585,502, including 570,790 recoveries and 9,723 deaths. According to the government, the eight deaths recorded Wednesday occurred in the last month.
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