COVID-19: Ontario approaches grim 600K case milestone | Ottawa Citizen

Author of the article: Bruce Deachman Files: Pandemic pumpkins Photo by Harold Carmichael /Postmedia Ontario reported 340 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, and three new deaths, bringing the province’s total number of cases to 599,955. Advertisement This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Toronto, with 58 new cases, was the province’s worst-hit area, while Niagara reported 27 and Peel had 26. The number of overall deaths in the province due to COVID, meanwhile, increased to 9,871. In other health units in the area, Eastern Ontario reported 16 new cases, while Kingston had 10. Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District’s case count increased by one, while Renfrew County’s remained unchanged. There are currently 12,886 active cases in the province. In a Sunday morning Twitter post, Health Minister Christine Elliott said 223 of the new cases are in individuals who are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status and 117 are in fully vaccinated individuals. The province also reported 104 patients hospitalized with COVID-related conditions, although that tally, due to many hospitals not reporting on weekends, is incomplete. According to PHO, 133 patients were in intensive care, 88 on ventilators. Advertisement This advertisement has not loaded yet,…
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