Ontario reports under 500 new COVID-19 cases for 7th straight day
Posted October 17, 2021 10:15 am.
Last Updated October 17, 2021 3:44 pm.
Ontario is reporting 443 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, marking a full week of under 500 new cases per day.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says 288 cases are in individuals who are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status and 155 are in fully vaccinated individuals.
There were no new deaths reported Sunday.
There are now 164 people in the ICU due to COVID-19 complications and 155 people in hospital.
Another 23,011 vaccinations were administered in the last 24 hours. In Ontario, 87.4 per cent of those 12 and up have at least one dose while 83 per cent are fully vaccinated.
The active case count dropped by 41 as 484 more cases are considered recovered. The seven-day average has also dropped down to 428 cases.
