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Ontario reports 3,216 COVID-19 cases, 47 deaths
Ontario is reporting 3,216 cases of COVID-19 and 47 deaths today.
This is the highest daily death toll recorded since Feb. 19 when the same number was recorded.
The reported positivity rate is 7.1 per cent with 38,540 tests completed.
Ontario is reporting 3,216 cases of #COVID19 and over 38,500 tests completed. Locally, there are 903 new cases in Toronto, 752 in Peel, 335 in York Region, 187 in Durham and 150 in Ottawa.
As of 8:00 p.m. yesterday, 6,144,685 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) May 9, 2021
The province says there are currently 1,640 COVID-19 patients in hospital with 848 in the ICU. 580 people are on ventilators.
Ontario has administered 121,075 vaccines doses on Saturday, for a total of 6,144,685.
