Public Health Ontario reported 574 new COVID cases today.
The latest updates noted 764 recoveries and eight deaths.
The Sept. 21 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:
- The new cases include 351 unvaccinated cases, 33 partially vaccinated cases, 140 fully vaccinated cases and 50 cases where the vaccination status is unknown.
- There are 107 unvaccinated people in ICU with COVID-19, as well as nine partially vaccinated and nine fully vaccinated.
- There are 122 unvaccinated people hospitalized, but not in the ICU, for COVID-19, as well as 10 partially vaccinated and 27 fully vaccinated.
- 6,178 active, lab-confirmed cases, down from 6,376 yesterday.
- 330 people are hospitalized with COVID-19.
- There are 155 COVID-positive patients in the ICU plus another 24 patients no longer testing positive for COVID-19.
- There are 112 COVID-positive patients on ventilators and another 18 patients on ventilators no longer testing positive for COVID.
- 10,327,192 Ontarians (about 69 per cent of the total population) have been fully vaccinated and another 780,050 (five per cent of Ontario population) have a single dose of COVID vaccine.
- The seven-day average incidence rate by vaccination status is 10.6 cases per 100,000 unvaccinated people, 5.9 cases per 100,000 partially vaccinated people, and 1.7 cases per 100,000 fully vaccinated people.
- The province reported 23,631 tests were processed yesterday, resulting in a 2.4 per cent positivity rate.
- Of the new cases reported today, 104 are from Toronto, 80 are from Peel, 13 are from Simcoe-Muskoka, and 44 are from York Region.
- Today's new cases include 115 individuals under 12 years old, 57 youth between 12 and 19 years old, 208 people between 20 and 39 years old, 119 people between 40 and 59 years old, 64 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 12 people over 79 years old.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 580,768 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 564,927 recoveries and 9,663 deaths.
Since the start of the pandemic, 29,620 people have been hospitalized with COVID and 5,778 of them were in intensive care units.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 3,941.7 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.
Ontario's average weekly incidence rate last week was 33.9 cases per 100,000 people, which is down by 1.2 per cent compared to the week of Sept. 5-11.
For more on the province's breakdown of vaccination status, click here.
Northern Ontario
In Northern Ontario, the breakdown of Public Health Ontario data is:
- Algoma Public Health: 462 cases, weekly rate of 12.7 cases per 100,000 people. There are 15 known active cases.
- North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit: 736 cases, weekly rate of 11.6 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 738 cases. There are 13 known active cases.
- Porcupine Health Unit: 2,193 cases, weekly rate of 8.2 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 2,195 cases. There are 7 known active cases.
- Public Health Sudbury and Districts: 2,366 cases, weekly rate of 23.4 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 2,390 cases. There are 55 known active cases.
- Timiskaming Health Unit: 210 cases, weekly rate of 3 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 211 cases. There is one known active case.
- Northwestern Health Unit: 1,149 cases, weekly rate of 12.3 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 1,148 cases. There are 12 known active cases.
- Thunder Bay District Health Unit: 3,388 cases, weekly rate of 1.3 cases per 100,000 people. There are 2 known active cases.
The data from Northern Ontario health units is based on what was available at 10:30 a.m. today.
