Ontario reports 793 new COVID-19 cases Friday

Ontario is reporting 793 new COVID-19 cases Friday and four more deaths related to the virus.

Health Minister Christine Elliott says 470 of the infected people are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status. She says 323 of the cases are in fully vaccinated people.

The data is based on 30,515 tests completed on the previous day.

There are 128 patients in intensive care due to COVID-related critical illness, including 72 people on ventilators.

The province says a total of more than 22.7 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine have been administered.

Elliott says 88.9 per cent of Ontarians aged 12 and older have received one dose and 85.8 per cent have two doses.

At least three 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

• 25,561 total cases
• 24,282 resolved cases
• 157 active cases
• 418 deaths
• 18 in hospital

Niagara Region

• 18,665 total cases
• 17,980 resolved cases
• 246 active cases
• 439 deaths
• 15 in hospital

Halton Region
Data last updated for Halton Region on Nov. 18

• 20,179 total cases
• 19,839 resolved cases
• 97 active cases
• 243 deaths
• 6 in hospital

Brant

• 4,124 total cases
• 4,054 resolved cases
• 41 active cases
• 29 deaths
• 0 in hospital

Haldimand-Norfolk

• 3,284 total cases
• 3,114 resolved cases
• 110 active cases
• 53 deaths