Ontario reports 10 additional COVID-19 deaths, new cases top 1,000
Posted March 11, 2021 10:05 am.
Last Updated March 11, 2021 11:43 am.
Ontario says another 10 people have died as a result of COVID-19, pushing the death toll to 7,109.
The latest update came as the country marks a national day of observance Thursday to commemorate those who have died from COVID-19.
It has been one year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Since the pandemic began, 2.5 million people around the world have died due to the virus, with more than 22,000 of them in Canada.
In Canada, there have been 897,831 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, 843,962 of which have been resolved. There have been 313,520 cases in Ontario, 295,128 having been resolved.
In its daily update on Thursday, the province reported 1,092 new COVID-19 cases, a drop from 1,316 cases recorded on Wednesday.
Health Minister Christine Elliott said there are 293 new infections in Toronto, 199 in Peel Region and 79 in York Region.
The province also reported a test positivity rate of 2.4, a slight decrease from 2.5 per cent on Wednesday.
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The latest update is based on 60,619 completed tests but there remains a backlog of 42,033 samples yet to be confirmed.
Health officials said another 40,610 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were given on Wednesday, bringing the overall doses administered to 1,019,407.
Although another 1,110 people have recovered from the virus, 680 are currently being treated in hospital and 277 of those patients are in intensive care.
An additional 48 cases of variants of concern were also confirmed in the province, bringing the provincial total up to 1,025. The majority of cases (956) are of the variant first detected in the United Kingdom.
With files from The Canadian Press
