Ontario reports just under 650 new cases of COVID-19, 10 additional deaths
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Ontario health officials are reporting just under 650 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday.
The province confirmed 640 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday, as well as 10 more deaths due to the disease.
Ontario’s rolling seven-day average now stands at 629, down from 719 at this point last week.
With 33,303 tests processed in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health says the positivity rate in the province rose to 1.9 per cent.
Of the new infections reported Saturday, 485 cases involved people who are either unvaccinated, partially vaccinated or their vaccination status is unknown. The remaining 155 infections involved people who are fully vaccinated.
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