Ontario reports 1,268 COVID-19 cases and nine deaths

Ontario reported 1,268 cases of COVID-19 and nine deaths on Monday, as the province launched vaccine booking for residents 80 and older.

The daily case count comes as the province completed 33,975 tests. The reported positivity rate, which takes into account the date tests were done, is 3.8 per cent.

Another 1,114 cases have been marked as resolved.

Ontario says another 33,198 vaccine doses were administered on Sunday. A total of 1,191,533 vaccine doses have been administered.

There are 287,283 people in the province who are fully vaccinated.

Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region

Hamilton

• 11,315 total cases — up 74 from Sunday
• 10,311 resolved cases
• 532 active cases
• 85 in hospital
• 295 deaths
• 58,005 vaccine doses given

Halton

• 10,083 total cases — up 40 from Sunday
• 9,603 resolved cases
• 281 active cases
• 21 in hospital
• 199 deaths — up one from Sunday
• 240 total variant cases

Niagara

• 8,953 total cases — up 29 from Sunday
• 8,315 resolved cases
• 265 active cases
• 5 in hospital
• 373 deaths — up two from Thursday
• 13,286 vaccine doses given

Haldimand-Norfolk

• 1,503 total cases — up one from Sunday
• 1,418 resolved cases
• 41 active cases
• 39 deaths
• 12,157 vaccine doses given; 1,589 people fully vaccinated

Brant

• 1,618 total cases — up 14 from Sunday
• 1,519 resolved cases
• 87 active cases
• 12 deaths
• 1 in hospital
• 14,965 vaccine doses given; 2,548 people fully vaccinated

There are now 1,106 confirmed cases of the B.1.1.7 lineage of the virus, which was first reported in the U.K.

Confirmed cases of the B.1.351 strain, first reported in South Africa, is now 44.

There are now 34 confirmed cases of the P.1 strain first reported in Brazil.

There are 699 patients hospitalized with the virus across the province. There are 298 people in ICU and 186 are on ventilators.