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Ontario reports 3,166 COVID-19 cases and 23 deaths

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Ontario reported 3,166 cases of COVID-19 and 23 deaths on Friday.

The reported positivity rate is seven per cent and there were 51,338 tests completed in the last day.

However, the province says the daily case count could be under-reported for Toronto, Central East and Central West, which includes Hamilton, Halton, Niagara, Brant and Haldimand-Norfolk health units, because of a technical issue.

Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region

Hamilton

  • 18,254 total cases — up 144 from Thursday
  • 16,330 resolved cases
  • 1,219 active cases
  • 147 in hospital
  • 367 deaths — up one from Thursday

Niagara

  • 14,553 total cases — up 119 from Thursday
  • 12,234 resolved cases
  • 1,924 active cases
  • 59 in hospital
  • 395 deaths

Brant

  • 2,871 total cases — up 38 from Thursday
  • 2,674 resolved cases
  • 177 active cases
  • 20 deaths
  • 11 in hospital

Haldimand-Norfolk

  • 2,411 total cases — up 16 from Thursday
  • 2,140 resolved cases
  • 225 active cases
  • 41 deaths

There are 1,924 patients with COVID-19 in hospital across Ontario, down from 1,964 reported on Thursday.

There are 858 in ICU, with 611 of them on ventilators.

The province administered 144,724 vaccine doses on Thursday, as it opened vaccinations to more Ontarians.

READ MORE: More groups eligible to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments in Ontario

There are 387,484 people in the province who have received both required vaccine doses.

Another 3,875 cases have been marked as resolved.

 

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