Ontario is reporting 591 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday and seven more death related to the virus.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says 354 of the infected people are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status. She says 237 of the cases are in fully vaccinated people.
The data is based on 30,092 tests completed on the previous day.
There are 137 patients in intensive care due to COVID-related critical illness, including 84 people on ventilators.
The province says a total of more than 22.8 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine have been administered.
Elliott says 89 per cent of Ontarians aged 12 and older have received one dose and 86.1 per cent have two doses.
At least four of the province’s 626 long-term care homes currently has a COVID-19 outbreak declared at the facility.
An active COVID-19 outbreak indicates that the home has at least one lab-confirmed case of COVID-19 (in resident or staff) and the local public health unit or the home has declared an outbreak.
Here are the COVID-19 numbers for our region:
Hamilton
- 25,649 total cases
- 24,340 resolved cases
- 162 active cases
- 419 deaths
- 12 in hospital
Niagara Region
Data last updated for Niagara Region on Nov. 23
- 18,728 total cases
- 18,095 resolved cases
- 194 active cases
- 439 deaths
- 10 in hospital
Halton Region
Data last updated for Halton Region on Nov. 23
- 20,262 total cases
- 19,903 resolved cases
- 116 active cases
- 243 deaths
- 9 in hospital
Brant
- 4,175 total cases
- 4,088 resolved cases
- 58 active cases
- 29 deaths
- 1 in hospital
Haldimand-Norfolk
- 3,366 total cases
- 3,185 resolved cases
- 119 active cases
- 55 deaths
