Ontario reports 847 COVID-19 cases, ten deaths

Ontario reported 847 cases of COVID-19 and ten deaths on Wednesday.

According to the daily report, the province completed 33,977 tests. The reported positivity rate, which takes into account the date tests were done, is three per cent.

However, the health ministry says there continue to be data issued with Toronto Public Health.

Ontario is reporting 847 cases of #COVID19 and nearly 34,000 tests completed. Locally, there are 257 new cases in Toronto, 170 in Peel and 131 in York Region.

As of 8:00 p.m. yesterday, 489,484 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) February 17, 2021

Another 1,456 cases have been marked as resolved.

Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region

Hamilton

• 9,919 total cases — up 42 from Tuesday
• 9,234 resolved cases
• 258 active cases
• 277 deaths — up one from Tuesday
• 46 in hospital
• 25,593 vaccine doses given

The Hamilton Wentworth District School Board is reporting another four cases of COVID-19 in schools. A staff member at Queen Mary Elementary School and a student at Ancaster Meadow Elementary School and Cathy Weaver Elementary School has tested positive.

An outbreak has been declared at A.M. Cunningham Elementary School, which has two confirmed student cases.

The Catholic board is reporting a staff case at Annunciation of Our Lord.

There are two staff cases and one student cases at St. Teresa of Avila. An outbreak has also been declared at that school.

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Halton

• 9,093 total cases — up 20 from Tuesday
• 8,644 resolved cases
• 264 active cases
• 185 deaths
• 22 in hospital
• 18,714 vaccine doses given

Niagara

• 8,399 total cases — up 14 from Tuesday
• 7,714 resolved cases
• 323 active cases
• 362 deaths — up one from Tuesday
• 16 in hospital
• 8,512 vaccine doses given

Brant

• 1,410 total cases — up ten from Tuesday
• 1,371 resolved cases
• 27 active cases
• 12 deaths
• 0 in hospital
• 4,214 vaccine doses given; 1,605 people fully vaccinated

Haldimand-Norfolk

• 1,384 total cases — no new cases
• 1,325 resolved cases
• 15 active cases
• 39 deaths
• 2,865 vaccine doses given; 1,187 people fully vaccinated

Six Nations

• 243 total cases
• 198 resolved cases
• 42 active cases
• 3 deaths

The province has administered a total of 489,484 vaccine doses. As of 8 p.m. on Tuesday, a total of 195,366 people have received both required doses and are fully vaccinated.

There are 338 confirmed cases of the U.K. variant of the virus, six cases of the South African variant and one case of the Brazilian variant.

The death toll is now 6,729 people.

The number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 is down to 719. There are 298 patients in ICU with 211 of them on ventilators.