Ontario reports 1,150 COVID-19 cases, 47 deaths

Ontario reported 1,150 cases of COVID-19 and 47 deaths on Friday.

This comes as the province completed 65,372 tests. The reported positivity rate, which takes into account the date tests were taken, is 2.1 per cent.

Another 16,967 vaccine doses were administered on Thursday. As of 8 p.m. on Thursday, there are 217,715 people who have received both required vaccine doses and are fully vaccinated.

Ontario is reporting 1,150 cases of #COVID19 and nearly 65,400 tests completed. Locally, there are 376 new cases in Toronto, 264 in Peel and 108 in York Region.

As of 8:00 p.m. yesterday, 518,834 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) February 19, 2021

Another 1,255 cases have been marked as resolved.

Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region

Halton

• 9,181 total cases — up 43 from Thursday
• 8,748 resolved cases
• 244 active cases
• 189 deaths
• 23,934 vaccine doses given

Hamilton

• 10,002 total cases — up 37 from Thursday
• 9,286 resolved cases
• 290 active cases
• 277 deaths
• 26,738 vaccine doses given

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Niagara

• 8,428 total cases — up 26 from Thursday
• 7,779 resolved cases
• 284 active cases
• 365 deaths — up two from Thursday
• 8,795 vaccine doses given

Brant

• 1,415 total cases — up one from Thursday
• 1,376 resolved cases
• 27 active cases
• 12 deaths
• 0 in hospital
• 5,217 vaccine doses given; 2,267 people fully vaccinated

Haldimand-Norfolk

• 1,394 total cases — up nine from Thursday
• 1,337 resolved cases
• 13 active cases
• 39 deaths
• 3,235 vaccine doses given; 1,190 people fully vaccinated

An outbreak has been declared at Grandview Lodge in Haldimand County after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19 as part of regular testing. Officials say resident testing is underway.

Six Nations

• 243 total cases — no new cases
• 204 resolved cases
• 36 active cases
• 3 deaths

There are 385 cases of the B.1.1.7 lineage of the virus, first reported in the U.K.

There are nine cases of the B.1.351 strain, first reported in South Africa and one case of the P.1 strain first reported in Brazil.

The number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 has dropped from 758 to 689. There are 269 patients in intensive care, with 190 of them on ventilators.

The death toll is 6,820 people with about 56 per cent of those deaths reported in residents of long-term care homes.