Ontario reports 1,072 cases of COVID-19, 41 deaths

Ontario reported 1,072 cases of COVID-19 and 41 deaths on Wednesday.

The results come as the province completed 52,504 tests. The reported positivity rate, which takes into account the date tests were done, is 2.5 per cent.

Another 1,709 cases of the virus have been marked as resolved.

Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region

Hamilton

• 9,630 total cases — up 29 from Tuesday
• 8,798 resolved cases
• 423 active cases
• 271 deaths — up two from Tuesday

Halton

• 8,875 total cases — up 31 from Tuesday
• 8,310 resolved cases
• 388 active cases
• 177 deaths

Niagara

• 8,252 total cases — up 25 from Tuesday
• 7,364 resolved cases
• 535 active cases
• 353 deaths

Brant

• 1,383 total cases — up one from Tuesday
• 1,348 resolved cases
• 23 active cases
• 12 deaths

Haldimand-Norfolk

• 1,375 total cases — up three from Tuesday
• 1,283 resolved cases
• 49 active cases
• 38 deaths

Six Nations

• 210 total cases — up 11 from Tuesday
• 155 resolved cases
• 53 active cases
• 2 deaths

The province says 13,486 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered on Tuesday. As of 8 p.m. a total of 412,119 doses have been given.

There are 125,725 people in Ontario who have received both required vaccine doses and are fully vaccinated.

The province says there are 228 confirmed cases of the U.K. variant of the virus and three confirmed cases of the South African variant.

There are 948 patients in hospital with COVID-19, including 313 in ICU and 226 of them on ventilators.