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Over 500 New COVID-19 Cases in Ontario

The province's daily COVID-19 case count remains high.

Officials are reporting 564 new infections and three deaths today. 

Yesterday, there were 581 new cases. 

There are 295 patients hospitalized with the virus, and 192 patients are in the ICU due to COVID-19. 

Health Minister Christine Elliott says 434 of today's new cases are in people who aren't fully vaccinated or whose status isn't known. 

The other 130 are in double-dosed individuals. 

Meanwhile, 457 of yesterday's cases were in people who are either unvaccinated or whose status isn't known, and the rest were in individuals with both shots. 

Ontario also reported two deaths yesterday, in addition to the three in today's data. 

Over 20.9 million doses have been administered so far. 

About 83.7 percent of eligible Ontarians have one shot and 77.2 percent have both. 

A complete breakdown is available here

 

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