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Ontario reports 184 COVID-19 cases, 14 deaths as province enters step 2 of reopening

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Ontario reported 184 cases of COVID-19 and 14 deaths on Wednesday, as the province enters step two of reopening.

The reported positivity rate is one per cent, with the province completing 27,258 tests in the last day.

Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region

Hamilton

  • 21,275 total cases — up 18 from Tuesday
  • 20,277 resolved cases
  • 125 active cases
  • 32 in hospital
  • 399 deaths

Niagara

  • 16,216 total cases — up eight from Tuesday
  • 15,653 resolved cases
  • 149 active cases
  • 414 deaths
  • 8 in hospital

Brant

  • 3,401 total cases  — up one from Tuesday
  • 3,368 resolved cases
  • 13 active cases
  • 20 deaths
  • 2 in hospital

Haldimand-Norfolk

  • 2,708 total cases — up four from Tuesday
  • 2,638 resolved cases
  • 17 active cases
  • 47 deaths

There are 251 people in hospital with COVID-19 in Ontario. There are 271 patients who are in intensive care units with COVID-related illnesses with 181 of them on ventilators.

Another 268,397 vaccine doses were administered on Tuesday — a new daily record. Nearly 245,000 of those were second doses.

Over 4.8 million people in Ontario have received both required vaccine doses.

Another 322 cases have been marked as resolved.