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Ontario reports 1,631 new COVID cases Monday

The province has reported 10 deaths, 994 recoveries, and 51 new hospitalizations in today's update
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Public Health Ontario has reported 1,631 new cases of COVID-19 today (March 8).

Today's report includes 10 new deaths, none were long-term care residents.

The deaths reported today include five people between 60 and 79 years old, and five people aged 80 or older.

The province has reported 51 new hospitalizations since yesterday, and seven new admissions of COVID-19 patients to intensive care units.

The March 8 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:

  • 994 recoveries
  • 11,016 active cases, which is up from 10,389 yesterday
  • 626 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario, up from 606 reported yesterday. 
  • There are 282 COVID patients in intensive care units (up from 273) and 184 COVID patients on ventilators (up from 179 reported yesterday)
  • The province reported 38,063 tests were processed yesterday resulting in a 3.4 per cent positivity rate.
  • Another 13,891 tests are still under investigation and/or being processed. To date, 11.4 million tests have been completed.
  • Of the 1,631 new cases reported today, 568 are from Toronto, 322 cases are from Peel, 119 are from York Region, and 48 are from Simcoe-Muskoka
  • There are 79 active outbreaks at long-term care homes, 59 at retirement homes, and 20 at hospitals. 
  • The new cases reported today include 321 individuals aged 19 and under, 596 people between 20 and 39 years old, 447 people between 40 and 59 years old, 224 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 47 people aged 80 and over.

Variants of concern

  • The province has reported 879  lab-confirmed cases of the UK variant strain of COVID-19 (B.1.1.7). 
  • The province has reported 39 cases of B.1.351 (also known as the South African variant).
  • The province has reported 17 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.

Vaccines

  • There were 21,882 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 administered on March 7, which is down from 30,192 administered on Mar. 6. 
  • As of 8 p.m. on March 7, the province reported 912,486 doses of vaccine against COVID-19 have been administered.
  • In total, 273,676 people have been fully vaccinated.

Public Health Ontario has confirmed 309,927 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 290,840 recoveries and 7,077 deaths, of which 3,876 were individuals living in long-term care homes.

The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 2,085 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.

The weekly incidence rate in Ontario is 50.7 cases per 100,000 people, which is a decrease of 1.6 per cent from last week (Feb. 20-26). 

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported 29 new cases Friday.

There are currently 416 active, lab-confirmed cases in the region, most of which are in Simcoe County. Eighteen people are currently hospitalized. 

There have been 217 confirmed instances of the B.1.1.7 variant strain that originated in the UK in cases reported in Simcoe County and Muskoka. Another 401 cases in the region have screened positive for variant strains.

Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 6,618 cases of COVID-19 with 5,958 of those cases recovered and 189 cases ending in death. 

The weekly incidence rate for Simcoe-Muskoka region is 34.2 cases per 100,000 people, which is down by 25.5 per cent compared to 45.9 cases per 100,000 people for the week of Feb. 20 to 26.


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