Ontario reports more than 2,600 new cases of COVID-19, 87 deaths
Posted January 22, 2021 10:16 am.
Last Updated January 22, 2021 5:43 pm.
Ontario is reporting 2,662 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, and 87 deaths.
71,750 tests have completed — 3.3 per cent confirmed positive.
There are an additional 3,375 resolved cases.
Friday is the third day in a row to see COVID-19-related hospitalizations decline, the latest count at 1,512.
The number of patients in the ICU have also declined for a fourth day in a row to 383.
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There are 779 new cases in Toronto, a decline compared to Thursday’s count — it was a higher number due to a data glitch at Toronto Public Health.
York Region is seeing a dip in new cases compared to the day before with 228, while Peel is seeing a higher number of cases with 542, Waterloo with 128, and 118 in Windsor-Essex.
As of 8:00 p.m. Thursday, 11,168 daily doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered, bringing the total to 264,985 administered.
49,292 Ontarians are now completely vaccinated.
There is a total now of 250,226 confirmed cases of the virus in the province reported to date.