Ontario is reporting 480 new COVID-19 cases, two more deaths

Ontario is reporting 480 new COVID-19 cases Monday and two more deaths related to the virus.

Health Minister Christine Elliott says 289 of the infected people are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status. She says 191 of the cases are in fully vaccinated people.

In Ontario, 22,623,960 vaccine doses have been administered. Nearly 88.5% of Ontarians 12+ have one dose and nearly 85.1% have two doses.

105 people are hospitalized with #COVID19, and 127 people are in ICU due to COVID-19. Please note that not all hospitals report on weekends.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) November 8, 2021

The province says 17,057 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were administered in the last 24-hour period for a total of more than 22.6 million.

Elliott says 88.5 per cent of Ontarians aged 12 and older have received one dose and 85.1 per cent have two doses.

She says 105 people are currently in hospital due to COVID-19.

There are 127 patients in intensive care with COVID-related critical illnesses and 74 on ventilators.

At least two of the province’s 626 long-term care homes currently have a COVID-19 outbreak declared at the facility.

An active COVID-19 outbreak indicates that the home has at least one lab-confirmed case of COVID-19 (in resident or staff) and the local public health unit or the home has declared an outbreak.

Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region:

Hamilton

• 25,366 total cases
• 24,097 resolved cases
• 134 active cases
• 416 deaths
• 32 in hospital

Niagara Region

Last update on Nov. 7

• 18,363 total cases
• 17,653 resolved cases
• 272 active cases
• 437 deaths
• 8 in hospital

Halton Region

Data last updated on Nov. 7

• 19,972 total cases
• 19,649 resolved cases
• 80 active cases
• 243 deaths
• 3 in hospital

Brant

• 4,046 total cases
• 3,982 resolved cases
• 35 active cases
• 29 deaths
• 1 in hospital

Haldimand-Norfolk

• 3,125 total cases
• 3,003 resolved cases
• 65 active cases
• 50 deaths