Ontario reports 4,250 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday, 18 new deaths

By News Staff and The Canadian Press

Ontario reported 4,250 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, a drop from the 4,362 on Saturday.

The province’s record high for COVID-19 cases was set on Friday, with 4,812 cases recorded.

“Locally, there are 1,392 new cases in Toronto, 714 in Peel, 483 in York Region, 279 in Durham and 239 in Ottawa,” Health Minister Christine Elliott said in a tweet Sunday morning.

Officials said 18 more people have died due to the virus, bringing the total number of deaths to 7,716 people. However, no new deaths related to the virus were reported in long-term care homes.

Elliott added that 53,776 tests were completed during this reporting period, with 3,837,881 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered.

The province says there are 2,107 patients in hospital with the virus, with 741 of them in an ICU.

Health authorities say more than 500 patients currently need mechanical help to breathe.

Numbers show hospital admissions due to COVID-19 are outpacing recoveries.

The province’s total COVID-19 case count now stands at 416,995, with 367,691 people having now recovered from the virus since the pandemic began in 2020.

 

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