Ontario reports 740 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, 2 new deaths
Posted August 29, 2021 10:27 am.
Last Updated August 29, 2021 12:07 pm.
Ontario is reporting 740 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday and two new deaths.
Of the new cases, 551 are individuals who are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status, while 189 are fully vaccinated.
The case numbers are down slightly from Saturday’s total of 835 new infections, the province’s highest daily count since June.
Health officials say 214 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 (excluding ICU) and 158 are in ICU due to the virus.
As all hospitals do not report data on the weekends, the vaccination status of those in hospital and ICU is not updated on Sundays and Mondays, and hence not available at this time.
The seven-day rolling average of new cases has now climbed to 688. Two weeks ago, that number of 440
The province administered 29,695 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday and 9,911,914 Ontarians are now fully vaccinated.
There were 22,890 tests preformed in the previous 24 hours for a test positivity rate of 3.3 per cent.
Ontario is expected to announce plans for a vaccine certificate system this week, three senior government sources told The Canadian Press on Friday.
The sources said the planned system — which would limit access to certain non-essential services based on vaccination status — will go to cabinet for discussion before an announcement is made.
With files from The Canadian Press
