Deaths, vaccinations, recoveries, testing, 7-day average in Ontario
The death toll in the province has risen to 10,171 as three more virus-related deaths were reported.
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As of 8 p.m. on Tuesday, there are more than 11.4 million people fully immunized with two doses, which is 88.1 per cent of the aged 12 and older population. First dose coverage stands at 90.7 per cent.
The province administered 176,349 doses in the last day. There are more than 3.2 million Ontarians who have received a booster shot.
For young children aged five to 11, first dose coverage stands at 41.8 per cent — 451,066 doses out of just over 1 million eligible children.
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Meanwhile, 638,678 Ontario residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is 88 per cent of known cases. Resolved cases increased by 3,832 from the previous day.
Active cases in Ontario now stand at 76,992 — up from the previous day when it was at 70,391, and is up from Dec. 21 when it was at 25,702. At the peak of the second wave coronavirus surge in January, active cases hit just above 30,000. In the third wave in April, active cases topped 43,000.
The government said 59,259 tests were processed in the previous 24 hours. There are 74,535 tests currently under investigation.
Test positivity hit 26.9 per cent meaning more than 1 in 4 tests are coming back positive for COVID — the highest ever seen. Last week, test positivity was at 9.9 per cent.
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Hospitalizations in Ontario
Ontario reported 726 people in general hospital wards with COVID-19 (up by 270 from the previous day) with 190 patients in intensive care units (up by three).
For comparison, in the third wave peak in April which was the worst wave for hospitalizations, the province saw as many as 900 patients in ICUs with COVID and almost 2,400 in general hospital wards among a population that was vastly unvaccinated.
Ontario Health officials have recently said intensive care occupancy can hit between 250 or 300 patients with COVID before the health care system would be impacted and require ramping down some non-urgent surgeries and procedures.
For those in general hospital wards with COVID, 186 were unvaccinated, 9 were partially vaccinated and 150 were fully vaccinated. For those in ICUs,70 were unvaccinated while 2 were partially vaccinated and 35 were fully vaccinated.
Provincial officials noted this new dataset with vaccination status for hospitalizations will grow and improve over time as more information is collected. There may also be a discrepancy due to how and when the information for both is collected.
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Here is a breakdown of the total cases in Ontario by gender and age:
362,284 people are male — an increase of 5,023 cases.
360,844 people are female — an increase of 5,361 cases.
21,396 people are under the age of four — an increase of 325 cases.
45,730 people are 5 to 11 — an increase of 703 cases.
65,627 people are 12 to 19 — an increase of 1,126 cases.
276,791 people are 20 to 39 — an increase of 4,525 cases.
199,337 people are 40 to 59 — an increase of 2,698 cases.
88,874 people are 60 to 79 — an increase of 896 cases.
27,922 people are 80 and over — an increase of 156 cases.
The province notes that not all cases have a reported age or gender.
Here is a breakdown of the total deaths related to COVID-19 by age:
Deaths reported in ages 19 and under: Eight
Deaths reported in ages 20 to 39: 113
Deaths reported in ages 40 to 59: 726
Deaths reported in ages 60 to 79: 3,365
Deaths reported in ages 80 and older: 5,958
The province notes there may be a reporting delay for deaths and data
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