by: taylor blewett
ontario reported 172 additional cases of covid-19 sunday, bringing the seven-day average for new cases to 159 daily – up from 153 a week ago.
in terms of active cases, the hardest-hit regions are porcupine (42 active cases per 100,000 people), grey bruce (26 per 100,000), hamilton (22), waterloo (21) and north bay parry sound (15).
ottawa, comparatively, has five active cases per 100,000, according to provincial reporting.
two additional covid-19-linked deaths were added to the provincial total, which sits at 9,313 lives lost since the pandemic began.
there are 92 covid-19 patients in icu testing positive, down from 107 a week ago. the latest icu figure rises to 127, if you include those no longer testing positive.
in the last day in eastern ontario, confirmed case counts rose by two in both ottawa and the eastern ontario health unit region, and by one in hastings prince edward. the case counts in renfrew county and district and kingston, frontenac and lennox & addington were unchanged, while the count dropped by one in leeds, grenville & lanark, which can happen when data is corrected or updated.
close to 81 per cent of ontario adults (18 and older) have received at least one dose of covid-19 vaccine, while nearly 68 per cent are fully vaccinated.
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