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Ontario reports highest single-day COVID-19 case count in two months

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Ontario is reporting 513 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday and no new deaths.

It’s the highest single-day tally since June 13.

The data is based on 22,896 completed tests.

The province says 360 of the positive cases were in unvaccinated individuals, 56 were in partially vaccinated and 88 in fully vaccinated.

There are currently 113 patients in intensive care with COVID-related critical illness and 76 on ventilators.

Of those in hospital, 88 are unvaccinated, 12 are partially vaccinated and 12 are fully vaccinated.

The province says 49,167 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were administered Wednesday for a total of more than 20 million.

Of the province’s 626 long-term care homes, at least three are in an outbreak including The Village of Tansley Woods in Burlington.

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

  • 21,939 total cases – up 35 from previous
  • 20,798 resolved cases
  • 216 active cases
  • 404 deaths
  • 23 in hospital

Niagara Region

  • 16,401 total cases – up 13 from previous
  • 15,915 resolved cases
  • 65 active cases
  • 420 deaths
  • 1 in hospital

Halton Region

Halton Region data last updated on Aug. 11

  • 18,328 total cases
  • 18,010 resolved cases
  • 81 active cases
  • 237 deaths
  • 4 in hospital

Brant

  • 3,472 total cases – up 5 from previous
  • 3,427 resolved cases
  • 25 active cases
  • 20 deaths
  • 5 in hospital

Haldimand-Norfolk

  • 2,758 total cases – up 3 from previous
  • 2,690 resolved cases
  • 14 active cases
  • 48 deaths