On Tuesday, health officials in Ontario are reporting 1,176 new infections of COVID-19 however, the number is an estimate due to testing restrictions. There are at least 914 patients in hospitals for COVID-19 and 278 people are in intensive care units. The province reported fewer than 1000 people in hospital with COVID-19 three days in a row.
Last week, 92.1 per cent of Ontarians over the age of 12 have one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 89.5 per cent had two doses. The Ministry of Health says the positivity rate is at 10.3 per cent as it processed over 13,087 tests in the last 24-hour period. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the province has identified 1,103,281 lab-confirmed cases of the coronavirus.
Since December 2020, more than 31,000,000 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the province. There were 223 new cases logged in Toronto, 80 cases in York Region, and 70 in Peel Region. The province also reported 81 cases in Kingston, 62 in Simcoe-Muskoka, and all other regions reported fewer than 50 cases on Monday.
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