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Ontario reports 2,170 COVID-19 cases and four deaths

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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.

READ MORE: Ontario to expand COVID-19 vaccine to 18 and older on Tuesday

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.

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.

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