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Ontario reports 2,170 COVID-19 cases and four deaths
Ontario reported 2,170 cases of COVID-19 and four deaths on Monday, as the province announced it’s ahead of schedule on its vaccination plan.
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The province administered 112,330 vaccine doses on Sunday, for a total of over seven million doses administered to date.
There are 432,760 people in Ontario who have received both required doses.
The reported positivity rate is 7.9 per cent, with the province completing 24,498 tests in the last day.
Ontario is reporting 2,170 cases of #COVID19 and nearly 24,500 tests completed. Locally, there are 566 new cases in Toronto, 556 in Peel, 215 in York Region, 120 in Durham and 101 in Hamilton.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) May 17, 2021
Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region
Hamilton
- 19,418 total cases — up 91 from Sunday
- 17,636 resolved cases
- 962 active cases
- 111 in hospital
- 374 deaths
Niagara
- 15,243 total cases — up 41 from Sunday
- 13,507 resolved cases
- 1,336 active cases
- 400 deaths
- 54 in hospital
Brant
- 3071 total cases — up 26 from Sunday
- 2,910 resolved cases
- 141 active cases
- 20 deaths
- 5 in hospital
Haldimand-Norfolk
- 2,553 total cases — up eight from Sunday
- 2,364 resolved cases
- 143 active cases
- 41 deaths
There are 1,320 patients in hospital with COVID-19 across the province. There are 779 people in ICU and 536 of them are on ventilators.
Another 2,953 cases have been marked as resolved.
