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Ontario reports 3,670 cases and 15 deaths with a record positivity rate of 10.3 per cent

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Ontario reported 3,670 cases of COVID-19 and 15 deaths on Tuesday.

The daily case count comes as the province completed 42,167 tests. The reported positivity rate, which takes into account the date tests were completed, is 10.3 per cent.

The number of patients hospitalized and those admitted to ICU are up.

There are 1,822 people in hospital with 626 in intensive care units. Of those in ICU, 422 are on ventilators.

A total of 7,582 people have died.

Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region

Hamilton

  • 14,381 total cases — up 143 from Monday
  • 12,805 resolved cases
  • 1,004 active cases
  • 114 in hospital
  • 337 deaths  — up three from Monday

Halton

  • 12,573 total cases — up 172 from Monday
  • 11,423 resolved cases
  • 948 active cases
  • 90 in hospital
  • 202 deaths

Niagara

  • 11,127 total cases — up 150 from Monday
  • 9,632 resolved cases
  • 1,118 active cases
  • 39 in hospital
  • 377 deaths  — up one from Monday

Brant

  • 2,137 total cases — up 39 from Monday
  • 1926 resolved cases
  • 197 active cases
  • 14 deaths
  • 7 in hospital

Haldimand-Norfolk

  • 1,848 total cases
  • 1,620 resolved cases
  • 184 active cases
  • 40 deaths — up one from Monday

Another 95,692 vaccine doses were administered on Monday for a total of 3,310,157 doses administered across the province.

There are 335,262 people in Ontario who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Another 2,573 cases have been marked as resolved.

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