Ontario reports more than 800 new COVID-19 cases, three more deaths
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Ontario health officials are reporting more than 800 new cases of COVID-19 and three more deaths due to the disease.
The province confirmed 864 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, which comes after officials reported 600 new cases on Monday, 577 new cases on Tuesday and 593 new cases on Wednesday.
Ontario’s rolling seven-day average now stands at 731, up from 722 at this point last week.
With 34,365 tests processed in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health says the positivity rate in the province is 2.4 per cent.
Of the new infections reported Thursday, 655 cases involved people who are either unvaccinated, partially vaccinated or their vaccination status is unknown. The remaining 209 infections involved people who are fully vaccinated.
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