Ontario reports 21 net new COVID-19 deaths; hospitalizations continue to fall
The Ministry of Health said 17 of the deaths reported Sunday occurred in the past 30 days and four others occurred prior to that period.Twelve thousand five-hundred and seventy deaths have been confirmed in Ontario since March 2020.
The Ministry of Health said there were 684 patients with COVID-19 in hospitals on Sunday, although a number of hospitals do not report occupancy on weekends. Of those, 247 were in intensive care, down six from Saturday, and 134 were breathing with the help of a ventilator, down 13 from Saturday. Provincial labs processed 12,119 test specimens in the previous period, generating a positivity rate of 10.2 per cent.
Of the 1,787 cases confirmed through PCR testing in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health says 205 involved unvaccinated people, 47 involved partially vaccinated people, 1,416 involved people with at least two doses of vaccine and 119 involved people with unknown vaccination status.The numbers used in this story are found in the Ontario Ministry of Health's COVID-19.