Ontario reports 209 COVID-19 cases, 9 deaths; 210K more vaccines administered

Ontario reported 209 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 545,590.

For comparison, last Saturday 346 cases were reported.

Nine new deaths were also announced on July 3, bringing the provincial virus-related death toll to 9,205.

A total of 534,272 coronavirus cases are considered resolved, which is up by 262.

Just over 17,080 additional tests were completed. Ontario has now completed a total of 16,018,452 tests and 7,821 remain under investigation.

The province indicated that the positivity rate for the last day was 1.0 per cent, which is up slightly from Friday’s report when it was 0.9 per cent, and down from last Saturday’s report when it was 1.1 per cent.

Provincial figures showed there are 243 people in intensive care due to COVID-19 (down by nine), 165 of whom are on a ventilator (up by five).

As of 8 p.m. Friday, 15,365,003 COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered in Ontario, marking an increase of 210,504 over 24 hours. Of those, 191,567 were second doses.

More than 78 per cent of adults aged 18-plus in Ontario have received at least one vaccine dose and nearly 44 per cent are fully vaccinated.

More to come.

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