Ontario reports fewer than 300 new COVID-19 cases, 12 deaths

The Government of Ontario confirmed 287 new COVID-19 cases and 12 virus-related deaths on Sunday morning.

Today’s cases are lower than Saturday’s 346, Thursday’s 296, and Tuesday’s 296, but higher than Friday’s 256, Wednesday’s 255, and Monday’s 270.

Of the newly announced cases, 66 are in the Region of Waterloo, 42 are in Toronto, and 26 are in Peel Region.

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Health Minister Christine Elliott said over 18,500 tests were completed, and 14,027,141 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered.

Ontario is reporting 287 cases of #COVID19 and over 18,500 tests completed. Locally, there are 66 new cases in the Region of Waterloo, 42 in Toronto, 38 in Grey Bruce, 26 in Peel Region and 16 in the Porcupine Health Unit region.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) June 27, 2021

All adults in Ontario will be able to book an appointment to receive their second COVID-19 vaccine dose tomorrow at 8 am.

Federal health officials have warned that if vaccination rates don’t increase, especially in younger populations, the Delta variant could spark a resurgence of the pandemic this fall.

To date, Ontario has seen 544,204 COVID-19 cases and 9,126 deaths.