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Ontario reports 486 new COVID-19 cases today
Ontario is reporting 486 new cases of COVID-19 today.
The province recorded 18 new deaths but says 16 of them were from two months ago and part of a data cleanup.
The data is based on more than 17,300 tests completed on the previous day with an approximate positivity rate of three per cent.
The province says 279 of the positive cases are in unvaccinated individuals, 41 are in partially vaccinated and 114 are fully vaccinated.
52 cases have unknown vaccination statuses.
There are currently 156 patients in intensive care with COVID-related critical illness and 85 on ventilators.
The province says 36,655 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were administered Monday for a total of more than 20 million.
Among the eligible population, 75 per cent have two doses and 82 per cent has at least one.
Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region:
Hamilton
- 22,603 total cases – up 38 from previous
- 21,201 resolved cases
- 445 active cases
- 404 deaths
- 51 in hospital
Niagara Region
- 16,571 total cases – up 5 from previous
- 16,015 resolved cases
- 136 active cases
- 420 deaths
- 5 in hospital
Halton Region
Data is from Aug. 23 as an update is not yet available
- 18,581 total cases
- 18,209 resolved cases
- 135 active cases
- 237 deaths
- 7 in hospital
Brant
- 3,565 total cases – up 4 from previous
- 3,490 resolved cases
- 58 active cases
- 21 deaths
- 14 in hospital
Haldimand-Norfolk
Data is from Aug. 23 as an update is not yet available
- 2,795 total cases
- 2,714 resolved cases
- 27 active cases
- 48 deaths
