Ontario reports 2,169 COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths

Ontario reported 2,169 new cases of COVID-19 and 12 deaths.

The daily case count comes as the province completed 53,436 tests. The reported positivity rate, which takes into account the date tests were done, is 3.8 per cent.

Another 1,675 cases have been marked as resolved.

Ontario is reporting 2,169 cases of #COVID19 and over 53,400 tests completed. Locally, there are 682 new cases in Toronto, 397 in Peel, 254 in York Region, 129 in Ottawa, 123 in Durham and 122 in Hamilton.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) March 26, 2021

Local numbers will be added when public health units report their data. 

Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region

Hamilton

• 12,286 total cases — up 122 from Thursday
• 11,020 resolved cases
• 765 active cases
• 117 in hospital
• 305 deaths — up one from Thursday
• 81,117 vaccine doses given

READ: Provincial government moving Hamilton into lockdown on Monday

Niagara

• 9,387 total cases — up 61 from Thursday
• 8,600 resolved cases
• 412 active cases
• 4 in hospital
• 375 deaths
• 19,627 vaccine doses given by Niagara Public Health

Haldimand-Norfolk

• 1,588 total cases — up 13 from Thursday
• 1,470 resolved cases
• 74 active cases
• 39 deaths
• 17,813 vaccine doses given; 1,622 people fully vaccinated

Brant

• 1,732 total cases — up 11 from Thursday
• 1,656 resolved cases
• 63 active cases
• 13 deaths
• 2 in hospital
• 22,688 vaccine doses given; 2,569 people fully vaccinated

Across the province, there are 913 patients hospitalized with the virus. That’s up from the 894 reported on Thursday.

The number of ICU patients is 359, up from the 332 the day before. Of those in ICU, 215 people are on ventilators.

There were 82,996 vaccines administered on Thursday by 8 p.m. for a total of 1,838,592 doses given.

There are 306,373 people in the province who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

There are now 1,494 confirmed cases of the B.1.1.7 lineage of the virus, which was first reported in the U.K.

Confirmed cases of the B.1.351 strain, first reported in South Africa, are at 60.

There are 58 confirmed cases of the P.1 strain first reported in Brazil.