Ontario reported 2,453 cases of the novel coronavirus Saturday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 340,692.
It marks the largest since-day increase in COVID-19 cases for the province since Jan. 22, when 2,662 were reported. Saturday also marks the third day in a row that Ontario has reported more than 2,000 new cases.
“Locally, there are 814 new cases in Toronto, 411 in Peel, 263 in York Region, 156 in Hamilton, 139 in Durham and 115 in Ottawa,” Health Minister Christine Elliott said.
Sixteen new deaths were also reported on Saturday, bringing the provincial death toll to 7,308.
A total of 315,865 COVID-19 cases are considered resolved, which is up by 1,481.
Just over 61,000 additional tests were completed. Ontario has now completed a total of 12,372,873 tests and 33,065 remain under investigation.
The province indicated that the positivity rate for the last day was 4.5 per cent, which is up from Friday’s report, when it was 3.8 per cent, and up from last Saturday’s report, when it was 3.6 per cent.
Provincial figures showed there are 985 people hospitalized with the virus (up by 72), with 365 in intensive care (up by six), 192 of whom are on a ventilator (down by 23).
As of Friday evening, 1,916,332 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Ontario, marking an increase of 77,740.
So far, 308,301 people in the province are considered to be fully vaccinated.
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