Provincial health officials recorded a day-over-day drop in both COVID-19 hospitalizations and patients in intensive care as 24 more fatalities were added to the province’s death toll.
The Ministry of Health says there are 1,563 patients with the virus in Ontario hospitals, a notable drop from 1,662 yesterday and from 1,676 a week ago.
Ontario labs processed over 14,500 PCR tests in the past 24 hours, producing a positivity rate of 13.1 per cent, down from 13.8 this time a week ago. The ministry says 1,377 of the infected individuals have received three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, 395 have received two doses, 229 are partially or unvaccinated and 163 have an unknown vaccination status.
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