Ontario reports 784 new COVID-19 cases, 602 in unvaccinated people

Sep 12 2021, 2:23 pm

The Government of Ontario confirmed 784 new COVID-19 cases and six virus-related deaths on Sunday morning.

Today’s cases are lower than Saturday’s 857, Friday’s 848, and Thursday’s 798, but higher than Wednesday’s 554, Tuesday’s 564, and Monday’s 581.

Of the newly reported cases, 147 are in Toronto, 67 are in Peel Region, and 65 are in York Region.

The majority of today’s cases are individuals who are not vaccinated.

According to Health Minister Christine Elliott, 602 of Sunday’s cases are unvaccinated individuals or those whose vaccination status is unknown.

Across Ontario, 289 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 and 184 are in the ICU. Due to incomplete data, the vaccination status of hospital and ICU admissions was not announced.

Ontario has now administered 21,167,527 COVID-19 vaccine doses. Elliot said that 84.3% of residents aged 12 and over have had one dose, and 78% are fully immunized.

To date, Ontario has seen 574,619 COVID-19 cases and 9,611 virus-related deaths.

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