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Ontario reports 170 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death
Ontario is reporting 170 new cases of COVID-19, marking the lowest single-day tally since Sept. 10, 2020.
One virus-related death was also confirmed in the province.
Health Minister Christine Elliot says there are 34 new cases in the Region of Waterloo, 27 in Toronto, 18 in Grey Bruce, and 13 in the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit region.
As of 8:00 p.m. yesterday, 15,705,866 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered, including 144,795 doses administered yesterday.
Today’s numbers will be available at 10:30 a.m. at https://t.co/ypmgZbVRvn.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) July 5, 2021
The province says 228 people are in intensive care because of the virus and 157 are on a ventilator.
Elliot also says 144,795 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were given on Sunday for a total of more than 15.7 million administered so far.
Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region:
Hamilton
- 21,319 total cases
- 20,359 resolved cases
- 92 active cases
- 400 deaths
- 26 in hospital
Niagara
- 16,256 total cases
- 15,722 resolved cases
- 119 active cases
- 415 deaths
- 4 in hospital
Brant
- 3,406 total cases
- 3,378 resolved cases
- 8 active cases
- 20 deaths
- 1 in hospital
Haldimand-Norfolk
- 2,709 total cases
- 2,645 resolved cases
- 11 active cases
- 47 deaths
Halton Region
- 18,001 total cases
- 17,708 resolved cases
- 64 active cases
- 229 deaths
- 2 in hospital
