Public Health Ontario reported 409 new COVID cases today.
The latest updates noted 366 recoveries and three new deaths.
The Oct. 28 updates provided by the province's public health agency and the ministry of health also reported the following data:
- 3,018 active, lab-confirmed cases, up from 2,978 yesterday.
- 197 people are hospitalized with COVID-19.
- There are 104 COVID-positive patients in the ICU plus another 28 patients no longer testing positive for COVID-19.
- There are 71 COVID-positive patients on ventilators and another 22 patients on ventilators no longer testing positive for COVID.
- 10,977,572 Ontarians (about 74 per cent of the total population) have been fully vaccinated. 88 per cent of eligible Ontarians have at least one dose of vaccine.
- The new cases include 220 unvaccinated, 16 partially vaccinated, and 144 fully vaccinated cases. 29 cases were reported with vaccination status unknown.
- There are 93 unvaccinated, 10 partially vaccinated, and 28 fully vaccinated individuals hospitalized with COVID but not in the ICU.
There are 60 unvaccinated, eight partially vaccinated, and 16 fully vaccinated individuals in ICUs with COVID-19. - The seven-day average incidence rate by vaccination status is 5.7 cases per 100,000 unvaccinated people, 2.5 cases per 100,000 partially vaccinated people, and 1.1 cases per 100,000 fully vaccinated people.
- The province reported 21,827 tests were processed yesterday, resulting in a 1.5 per cent positivity rate.
- Of the new cases reported today, 54 are from Toronto, 45 are from Peel, 21 are from Simcoe-Muskoka, and 25 are from York Region.
- Today's new cases include 83 individuals under 12 years old, 32 youth between 12 and 19 years old, 122 people between 20 and 39 years old, 95 people between 40 and 59 years old, 73 people between 60 and 79 years old, and six people over 79 years old.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 598,840 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 585,957 recoveries and 9,865 deaths.
Since the start of the pandemic, 30,518 people have been hospitalized with COVID and 5,978 of them were in intensive care units.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 4,064.3 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.
Ontario's average weekly incidence rate last week was 17 cases per 100,000 people, which is down by 12.8 per cent compared to the week of Oct. 11.
For more on the province's breakdown of vaccination status, click here.
Simcoe-Muskoka
Yesterday, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported 15 new COVID cases.
There are currently 147 active cases in the region.
Ten people from Simcoe County are hospitalized with COVID-19.
Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 13,942 cases of COVID-19 with 13,531 of those cases recovered and 264 cases ending in death.
The region's weekly incidence rate is 18.7 cases per 100,000 for the week beginning Oct. 18, which is up by 3.9 per cent with the week beginning Oct. 12.
