Public Health Ontario has reported 1,023 new cases of COVID-19 today (March 1).
Today's report includes 939 new recoveries and six new deaths, including one long-term care resident.
The province has reported 32 new hospitalizations since yesterday, and nine new admissions of COVID-19 patients to intensive care units.
The March 1 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:
- 10,570 active cases, which is up from 10,492 yesterday
- 659 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario, up from 627 reported yesterday.
- There are 280 COVID patients in intensive care units (down from 289) and 175 COVID patients on ventilators (down from 185 yesterday)
- The province reported 35,015 tests were processed yesterday resulting in a 3.1 per cent positivity rate.
- Another 13,416 tests are still under investigation and/or being processed. To date, 11 million tests have been completed.
- Of the 1,023 new cases reported today, 280 are from Toronto, 182 cases are from Peel, 47 are from York Region, and 39 are from Simcoe-Muskoka
- There are 106 active outbreaks at long-term care homes.
Variants of concern
- The province has reported 535 lab-confirmed cases of the UK variant strain of COVID-19 (B.1.1.7).
- The province has reported 27 cases of B.1.351 (also known as the South African variant).
- The province has reported 3 cases of P.1, which is the variant strain that originated in Brazil.
- According to Public Health Ontario, there are delays between specimen collection and the testing required to confirm a variant of concern. As such, the reports can change and can differ from past case counts publicly reported.
Vaccine update for March 1:
- There were 17,424 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 administered on Feb 28, which is down from 19,167 administered on Feb. 27.
- As of 8 p.m. on Feb. 28, the province reported 704,695 doses of vaccine against COVID-19 have been administered.
- In total, 263,214 people have been fully vaccinated, having received two doses of vaccine.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 301,839 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 284,283 recoveries and 6,986 deaths, of which 3,865 were individuals living in long-term care homes.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 2,0306 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.
