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Ontario reports 848 new COVID cases Friday

The latest update includes 770 recoveries and five new deaths
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Public Health Ontario reported 848 new COVID cases today for Sept. 9. 

The latest updates noted 770 recoveries and five new deaths. There were six deaths that occurred more than one month ago also reported today. 

The Sept. 10 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:

  • 534 of today's cases were unvaccinated people, 76 were partially vaccinated, and 189 were fully vaccinated. The remaining 49 cases were people with unknown vaccine status (missing health card information).
  • 6,123 active, lab-confirmed cases, up from 6,056 yesterday. 
  • 361 COVID-positive people are currently hospitalized in Ontario. 
  • Included in the hospitalized cases not in the ICU are 155 unvaccinated people, 16 partially vaccinated people, and 30 fully vaccinated people. 
  • There are 153 COVID-positive patients in intensive care, plus another 24 patients who no longer test positive for COVID-19. 
  • Included in the ICU cases are 109 unvaccinated people, nine partially vaccinated people, and 14 fully vaccinated people. 
  • 97 COVID patients are on ventilators and another 16 patients on ventilators no longer test positive for COVID-19.
  • 10,128,949 Ontarians (about 68 per cent of the total population) have been fully vaccinated and another 840,227 (six per cent of Ontario population) have a single dose of COVID vaccine. Approximately 26 per cent of the population (including children) is unvaccinated.
  • The seven-day average incidence rate by vaccination status is 11.17 cases per 100,000 unvaccinated people, 8 cases per 100,000 partially vaccinated people, and 1.6 cases per 100,000 fully vaccinated people. 
  • The province reported 28,247 tests were processed yesterday, resulting in a 3.1 per cent positivity rate.
  • Provincial labs have processed 17.4 million tests to date.
  • Of the new cases reported today, 166 are from Toronto, 117 are from Peel, 27 are from Simcoe-Muskoka, and 77 are from York Region.
  • Today's new cases include 127 individuals under 12 years old, 90 youth between 12 and 19 years old, 353 people between 20 and 39 years old, 178 people between 40 and 59 years old, 83 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 17 people over 79 years old.

Public Health Ontario has confirmed 572,978 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 557,265 recoveries and 9,590 deaths.

The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 3,888.8 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.

Ontario's average weekly incidence rate last week was 34.7 cases per 100,000 people, which is down by 0.6 per cent from the week beginning Aug. 25.

For more on the province's breakdown of vaccination status, click here.

Simcoe-Muskoka 

Yesterday, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported 36 new COVID cases

There are 266 active cases in the region. 

Thirteen people from Simcoe County and one person from Muskoka District are hospitalized with COVID-19, with four new hospitalizations reported since Friday.

Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 13,096 cases of COVID-19 with 12,574 of those cases recovered and 256 cases ending in death.

The region's weekly incidence rate is 31.3 cases per 100,000 for the week beginning Aug. 31, which is up by 5.7 per cent compared to the week beginning Aug. 25.


Erika Engel

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