Fewer than 200 new COVID-19 cases in Ontario, 0 deaths

By Michael Ranger

Ontario is reporting 194 new COVID-19 cases and no deaths on Wednesday.

It is the first time the province has reported zero deaths since Oct. 14 and it is the third straight day below 200 new infections.

The province is reporting a test positivity rate of 0.9 per cent, down slightly from 1 per cent one week ago.

There were nearly 26,976 tests completed in the last 24-hour period.

Locally, there are 42 new cases in the Region of Waterloo, 35 in Toronto, 26 in Peel Region, 16 in Hamilton and 11 in Grey Bruce.

There were another 236 resolved cases, dropping the active case count once again.

The rolling seven-day average of new cases is up slightly to 216.

The province reported 164 cases and nine deaths on Tuesday.

There are now 220 people in the ICU with COVID-19 complications and 155 ICU patients on a ventilator. The number of ICU patients has dropped to the lowest point since early December.


Graphics courtesy of @jkwan_md


There were 204,594 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered as of 5 p.m on Tuesday.

The province says “due to a technical issue, today’s vaccine numbers were pulled yesterday at 5 p.m. instead of 8 p.m. The remaining doses will be included in tomorrow’s vaccine numbers.”

As of 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, 16,126,179 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered across the province – 77.8 per cent of Ontario residents 12 and older have received at least one dose while 46.9 per cent are now fully vaccinated.

Ontario’s top doctor is calling for all eligible people — especially young adults and teens — to get vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of the planned return to schools in September.

People will need to have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine before the start of the school year to be fully protected, and Dr. Kieran Moore noted that vaccine uptake is lower among young people than older Ontarians.

Moore said approximately 83 per cent of COVID-19 cases reported between May 15 and June 12 were among unvaccinated people, 15 per cent were partially vaccinated and just over one per cent were fully vaccinated.

Vaccination coverage is higher among older Ontarians and the rate lags slightly behind when it comes to young adults.

Sixty-eight per cent of the population aged 18 to 29 has received their first dose and 66 per cent of youth aged 12 to 17 have their first shots.


Graphics courtesy of @jkwan_md


Restrictions were eased at Ontario long-term care homes on Wednesday.

Fully immunized visitors will be able to have close physical contact while those who are not must social distance, apart from a brief contact. All visitors will still be required to wear masks.

Residents can have outdoor visits of up to 10 people and all residents may have up to two general visitors and two caregivers for an indoor visit at the same time.

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