Ontario reports 2,400 COVID-19 cases and 27 deaths

Ontario reported 2,400 cases of COVID-19 and 27 deaths on Thursday, as Premier Doug Ford gets set to announce the plan for the province’s reopening.

The reported positivity rate is 5.2 per cent, with the province completing 45,406 tests in the last day.

Ontario is reporting 2,400 cases of #COVID19 and over 45,400 tests completed. Locally there are 607 new cases in Toronto, 528 in Peel, 224 in Hamilton, 181 in York Region and 110 in Durham

As of 8:00 p.m. yesterday, 7,576,624 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) May 20, 2021

The province administered 144,986 vaccine doses on Wednesday. There are 473,759 in the province who have received both required doses.

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There are 1,320 people in hospital with COVID-19 across the province, down from 1,401 on Wednesday. 721 patients are in ICU with 493 of them hooked up to a ventilator.

Another 2,763 cases have been marked as resolved.