Ontario reports 1,808 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday

Ontario is reporting 1,808 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday and nine deaths related to the virus.

Health Minister Christine Elliott says 762 of the infected people are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status. She says 1,046 of the cases are in fully vaccinated people.

The data is based on 44,726 tests completed on the previous day.

There are 154 patients in intensive care due to COVID-related critical illness, including 96 people on ventilators. Of those in hospital, 130 are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status and 84 are fully vaccinated.

The province says a total of more than 24.7 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine have been administered.

Elliott says 90.3 per cent of Ontarians aged 12 and older have received one dose and 87.7 per cent have two doses.

At least 11 of the province’s 626 long-term care homes currently have a COVID-19 outbreak declared at the facility, including Norview Lodge in Simcoe and Shalom Manor Long Term Care Home in Grimsby.

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:

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