Ontario’s 7-day average rises above 500 for first time in nearly a month
Posted November 10, 2021 10:05 am.
Last Updated November 10, 2021 1:58 pm.
Ontario is reporting 454 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as the seven-day average of cases continue to rise.
The seven-day average of daily infections now sits at 503 cases, reaching the highest point in nearly a month.
The province is also reporting nine additional deaths related to COVID-19.
Of the new cases, 249 cases are in individuals who are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status and 205 are in fully vaccinated individuals.
There were 33,364 tests completed in the last 24-hour period and the province is reporting a test positivity rate of 1.8 per cent.
There are 243 hospitalized with COVID-19 across the province with 136 people in the ICU. Among the hospitalizations, 182 are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status.
Another 15,257 vaccine doses were administered over the last 24 hours, 88.6 per cent of eligible Ontarians have now received one dose and 85.2 per cent are fully vaccinated.
Health Minister Christine Elliott said Tuesday that new restrictions across the province are a possibility to deal with the rising numbers — but she said they will likely come on a local basis first, saying the province will stay the course for now.
“Dr. Moore still feels very strongly that the system is ready to deal with some increases to cases as the weather turns colder and more people are indoors,” said Elliott.
Health officials in Sudbury announced Monday they would be reintroducing capacity limits, require masking at organized public events and require proof of vaccination for youth sports amid a “record number” of virus outbreaks.
Dr. Peter Juni, head of Ontario’s science advisory table, says rolling back some of the recent decisions on capacity limits and reconsidering individual behaviour could be all it takes to change the trajectory and once again achieve a stable case count.
He says the best course of action is to make adjustments now instead of waiting for more growth, estimating daily case counts could reach 2,000 in five weeks if nothing is done.
