by: antonella artuso
ontario reported 525 new cases of covid-19 monday — the lowest daily number in more than eight months — and surpassed the 10 million mark for vaccine doses.
the last time the tally dropped below 500 was sept. 27 when 491 cases were recorded.
health minister christine elliott tweeted monday, “ontario is reporting 525 cases of #covid19 and nearly 15,200 tests completed. locally, there are 114 new cases in toronto, 95 in peel, 51 in waterloo, 40 in durham and 34 in york region. as of 8:00 p.m. yesterday, 10,109,404 doses of the covid-19 vaccine have been administered, including 116,829 doses administered yesterday.”
while the number of covid-19 tests administered sunday was relatively low, the trend in daily cases is a sign that the third wave is waning.
ontario hospitals reported 547 covid-19 patients monday with 497 in intensive care, including some patients transferred from manitoba, and 339 on ventilators.
these numbers, if they represent a true trend, are unlikely to prevent the province’s move to step one of its reopening plan as early as this weekend.
the province put 116,829 shots of a covid-19 vaccine into arms sunday, bringing the total number of doses to just over 10.1 million.