Ontario is reporting the highest daily COVID-19 case count in nearly a month, logging more than 600 new infections today.
Provincial health officials confirmed 636 new infections today, up from 508 cases on Saturday and 563 on Friday.Today's tally is nearly double the number of cases reported last Sunday, when 340 new infections were reported.
Of the cases confirmed today, 325 are in those who are unvaccinated, 248 are in individuals who are fully immunized, 48 have an unknown vaccination status and 15 are partially vaccinated.With 27,146 tests processed over the past 24 hours, officials are reporting a provincewide positivity rate of two per cent. It is the first time since early October that the positivity rate has hit two per cent.
"We've seen a consistent but slow decline and now that finally the weather is getting cooler, everyone is getting back together, we are seeing a little bit more momentum in some of the school cases," he said. Despite the rise in daily case counts, Pakes said he does not anticipate that Ontario will see a fifth wave of the pandemic.
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