Ontario reported 1,791 cases of the novel coronavirus Sunday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 328,874.
“Locally, there are 495 new cases in Toronto, 350 in Peel 177 in York Region and 106 in Durham,” Health Minister Christine Elliott said.
On Saturday, 1,829 cases were reported, which was the largest single-day increase since Feb. 1.
A total of 307,403 COVID-19 cases are considered resolved, which is up by 1,353 and is 93.5 per cent of all confirmed cases.
Eighteen additional deaths were also reported on Sunday, bringing the provincial death toll to 7,241.
More than 49,200 additional tests were completed. Ontario has now completed a total of 12,082,748 tests and 19,486 are under investigation.
The province indicated that the positivity rate for the last day was 3.7 per cent, which is up slightly from Saturday’s report, when it was 3.6 per cent, and up from last Sunday’s report when it was 3.1 per cent.
There have been 1,287 confirmed cases of the B.1.1.7 variant, first discovered in the U.K. (up by 57), as well as 47 of the B.1.351 variant which was discovered in South Africa (no change), and 36 cases of the P.1 variant, first found in Brazil (up by one).
There have been 12,631 other COVID-19 cases that have screened positive for a virus mutation, which is up by 729.
Provincial figures showed there are 760 people hospitalized with the virus (down by five), with 305 in intensive care (up by three), 186 of whom are on a ventilator (down by three).
However, the province noted that more than 10 per cent of hospitals did not submit their daily bed census for Sunday’s report — as is often the case on weekends — possibly causing the reported number of hospitalizations to be lower than it actually is.
Here is a breakdown of Ontario’s cases by age and gender:
- 162,304 people are male
- 164,750 people are female
- 45,786 people are 19 and under
- 120,595 people are 20 to 39
- 94,626 people are 40 to 59
- 46,849 people are 60 to 79
- 20,936 people are 80 and over
The province notes that not all cases have a reported age or gender.
The province also notes that the number of cases publicly reported each day may not align with case counts reported by the local public health unit on a given day. Local public health units report when they were first notified of a case, which can be updated and changed as information becomes available. Data may also be pulled at different times.
According to the Ministry of Long-Term Care, there have been 3,753 deaths reported among residents and patients in long-term care homes across Ontario, which is unchanged. There are currently 52 outbreaks in long-term care homes, 44 of which are reported to have no resident cases.
There are 11 active cases among long-term care residents and 101 among staff.
As of Saturday evening, 1,521,705 COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered in Ontario, marking an increase of 40,823. So far, 298,549 people in the province are considered to be fully vaccinated.
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