Ontario reports 1,265 COVID-19 cases, 33 deaths as students return to class

Ontario reported 1,265 cases of COVID-19 and 33 deaths on Monday, as schools in most of the province reopened for in-class learning.

The numbers come as the province completed 28,303 tests and puts the reported positivity rate, which takes into account the date tests were done, at 4.4 per cent.

Another 6,987 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered on Sunday. As of 8 p.m., a total of 386,171 doses have been given in the province.

There are 106,163 people who have received both required shots and are fully vaccinated.

Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region

Hamilton

• 9,588 total cases — up 30 from Sunday
• 8,683 resolved cases
• 501 active cases
• 268 deaths

Halton

• 8,791 total cases — up 31 from Sunday
• 8,225 resolved cases
• 392 active cases
• 174 deaths
• 34 in hospital

Niagara

• 8,214 total cases — up 27 from Sunday
• 7,222 resolved cases
• 645 active cases
• 347 deaths — up three from Sunday
• 6,297 vaccine doses administered

Brant

• 1,380 total cases
• 1,335 resolved cases
• 33 active cases
• 12 deaths
• Three in hospital

Haldimand-Norfolk

• 1,369 total cases — up four from Sunday
• 1,269 resolved cases
• 57 active cases
• 38 deaths

Six Nations

• 197 total cases — up two from Sunday
• 148 resolved cases
• 47 active cases
• 2 death

There are 901 patients in hospital with COVID-19, including 335 in intensive care. Of those, 226 are on ventilators.

The death toll is 6,538 people. There are 219 confirmed cases of the U.K. variant of the virus and one confirmed case of the South African variant.

Another 1,700 cases of the virus have been marked as resolved.