Ontario reports 2,662 COVID-19 cases, 87 deaths

Ontario reported 2,662 cases of COVID-19 and 87 deaths on Friday.

This is the fifth straight day fewer than 3,000 cases have been reported and comes as 71,750 tests were completed.

The reported positivity rate, which taken into account the date tests were administered, is 3.3 per cent.

Another 11,168 COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered on Thursday. As of 8 p.m., a total of 264,985 doses have been given, with 49,292 total vaccinations completed.

As of 8:00 p.m. yesterday, 264,985 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered.

Today’s numbers will be available at 10:30 a.m. at https://t.co/ypmgZbVRvn.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) January 22, 2021

Local numbers will be added as public health units update their data. 

Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region

Halton

• 7,875 total cases — up 114 from Thursday
• 7,227 resolved cases
• 497 active cases
• 151 deaths — up three from Thursday

Niagara

• 7,087 total cases — up 92 from Thursday
• 5,340 resolved cases
• 1,501 active cases
• 246 deaths — up two from Thursday
• 2,889 vaccinations administered

Brant

• 1,282 total cases — up two from Thursday
• 1,225 resolved cases
• 50 active cases
• 7 deaths  — up one from Thursday
• 2,552 vaccinations administered
• 6 in hospital

Haldimand-Norfolk

• 1,271 total cases — up eight from Thursday
• 1,085 resolved cases
• 143 active cases
• 38 deaths

Six Nations

• 137 total cases — up two from Thursday
• 125 resolved cases
• 11 active cases
• 1 death

There are 1,512 patients in hospital with COVID-19, down from the 1,647 reported a week ago. Of those, 383 are in ICU and 291 of them are on ventilators.

The death toll in the province is 5,701 people.

Another 3,375 cases have been marked as resolved.