Public Health Ontario reported 587 new COVID cases today.
The latest updates noted 586 recoveries and six deaths that have occurred in the last month.
One death previously reported has now been removed from the cumulative total.
The Oct. 7 updates provided by the province's public health agency and the ministry of health also reported the following data:
- Included in the new cases reported today are 349 unvaccinated cases, 27 partially vaccinated cases, and 164 fully vaccinated cases. There were 47 cases where the person's vaccination status was unknown (missing health card information).
- 4,575 active, lab-confirmed cases, down from 4,579 yesterday.
- 279 people are hospitalized with COVID-19.
- Hospitalized cases (excluding ICU) include 96 unvaccinated people,12 partially vaccinated people, and 50 fully vaccinated people.
- There are 125 COVID-positive patients in the ICU plus another 24 patients no longer testing positive for COVID-19.
- ICU cases include 75 unvaccinated cases, 10 partially vaccinated cases, and 15 fully vaccinated people.
- There are 81 COVID-positive patients on ventilators and another 21 patients on ventilators no longer testing positive for COVID.
- 10,665,079 Ontarians (about 72 per cent of the total population) have been fully vaccinated and another 644,035 (four per cent of Ontario population) have a single dose of COVID vaccine. 87 per cent of eligible Ontarians have at least one dose of vaccine.
- The seven-day average incidence rate by vaccination status is nine cases per 100,000 unvaccinated people, 3.8 cases per 100,000 partially vaccinated people, and 1.5 cases per 100,000 fully vaccinated people.
- The province reported 37,057 tests were processed yesterday, resulting in a 1.7 per cent positivity rate.
- Of the new cases reported today, 119 are from Toronto, 55 are from Peel, 22 are from Simcoe-Muskoka, and 42 are from York Region.
- Today's new cases include 119 individuals under 12 years old, 58 youth between 12 and 19 years old, 196 people between 20 and 39 years old, 129 people between 40 and 59 years old, 77 people between 60 and 79 years old, and nine people over 79 years old.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 590,104 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 575,753 recoveries and 9,776 deaths.
Since the start of the pandemic, 30,052 people have been hospitalized with COVID and 5,875 of them were in intensive care units.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 4,005 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.
Ontario's average weekly incidence rate last week was 27.4 cases per 100,000 people, which is down by 3.5 per cent compared to the week of Sept. 21-27.
For more on the province's breakdown of vaccination status, click here.
Simcoe-Muskoka
Yesterday, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported 19 new COVID cases over the weekend.
There are 131 active cases in the region.
Five people from Simcoe County, and one person from Muskoka District are hospitalized with COVID-19.
Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 13,595 cases of COVID-19 with 13,203 of those cases recovered and 261 cases ending in death.
The region's weekly incidence rate is 16.4 cases per 100,000 for the week beginning Sept. 27, which is down by 5.7 per cent compared to the week beginning Sept. 21.
