Ontario reports nearly 800 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths

Ontario is reporting 793 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, the second straight day counts are in the 700s as cases continue to rise week over week.

Ontario is reporting 793 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, the second straight day counts are in the 700s as cases continue to rise week over week. The provincial case total now stands at 610,222.

For comparison, last Friday saw 598 new cases and the previous Friday saw 563. All three Friday’s saw similar testing volumes in the 30,000 range.

Of the 793 new cases recorded, the data showed 385 were unvaccinated people, 22 were partially vaccinated people, 323 were fully vaccinated people and for 63 people the vaccination status was unknown.

According to Friday’s report, 115 cases were recorded in Toronto, 71 in Simcoe-Muskoka, 60 in York Region, 55 in Windsor-Essex, 54 in Peel Region and 41 in Hamilton. All other local public health units reported fewer than 40 new cases in the provincial report.

The death toll in the province has risen to 9,959 as four more deaths were reported.

As of 8 p.m. on Thursday, 13,897 vaccines (5,027 for a first shot and 8,870 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 85.8 per cent of the eligible (12 and older) population. First dose coverage stands at 88.9 per cent.

Meanwhile, 595,169 Ontario residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is around 97 per cent of known cases. Resolved cases increased by 567 from the previous day.