Ontario logs nearly 1,100 new COVID-19 cases and 18 deaths; Toronto data issue continues

TORONTO —
Ontario is reporting nearly 1,100 new COVID-19 cases and 18 extra deaths linked to the illness as officials demonstrate a data migration issue in Toronto once over again.

On Friday, provincial health officials logged 1,076 infections of the unconventional coronavirus.

Of the news cases logged, 361 are in Toronto, 210 are in Peel Diagram and 122 are in York Diagram.

In accordance with Health Minister Christine Elliott, the case count logged for Toronto on Friday is “beneath-reported” attributable to a extra data migration. Officers dangle no longer acknowledged how many extra cases may per chance furthermore aloof had been incorporated in Ontario’s complete count on Friday as a end result.

The identical issue was once reported on Thursday when Ontario recorded 945 new COVID-19 infections.

Earlier this month, the local public health unit in Toronto migrated data to the provincial machine, ensuing in each day case counts fluctuating for a few days.

There were 62,012 COVID-19 tests achieved in Ontario in the closing-recorded 24-hour length.

The take a look at positivity price now stands at about 2.2 per cent, in step with the Ministry of Health. The closing time that number was once that low was once Oct. 16, 2020 when a take a look at positivity price of two per cent was once viewed.

The province’s seven-day realistic for selection of cases recorded is now 1,179, down from 1,575 one week previously.

Friday’s count brings the entire selection of lab-confirmed cases in Ontario to 283,587, alongside with deaths and recoveries.

With the 18 new deaths confirmed by health officials on Friday, the province’s demise toll is now 6,632. Of the new deaths, eight were residents of prolonged-term care properties.

In accordance with the province, there are doubtless to be no longer no longer as a lot as 763 patients contaminated with the unconventional coronavirus in Ontario hospitals as of Friday. Of those patients, 295 are in the intensive care unit (ICU) and 204 of those 295 patients are respiratory with the succor of a ventilator.

Presently closing week, there were 1,043 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Ontario, 325 of which were in the ICU and 225 were on a ventilator.

On Friday, health officials deemed 1,415 extra cases of the illness to be resolved, bringing Ontario’s selection of recovered patients as a lot as 264,459.

There are currently 12,496 energetic cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, down from 15,722 one week previously.

Up to now, 442,441 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine had been administered in Ontario, alongside with 15,605 administered in the day long gone by. The vaccine requires two doses. In Ontario, 151,282 complete vaccinations had been achieved as of Friday.

Variants of issue in Ontario

Officers dangle confirmed there had been a complete of 275 cases of the U.Okay. variant, also identified as B.1.1.7, found in Ontario as of Friday. Three cases of the South African variant, B.1.351, dangle also been found in Ontario, in step with officials.

Friday’s data comes one day after the province’s science desk released new modelling. The projections instructed that case counts will birth to rise in slack February attributable to the increased contagiousness of the new variants if the Ontario authorities moves ahead with its belief to step by step recall the discontinuance-at-residence portray throughout the province.

“All arrows are pointing in the honest direction,” infectious illness specialist Dr. Issac Bogoch told CP24 on Friday morning. “You may per chance well presumably need lower each day case counts, lower seven-day averages, lower per cent positivity, decent diagnostic finding out ability, scientific institution and ICUs slowly having the force released from them but in spite of every thing there is the wildcard of the variants of issue which completely are extra transmissible plus reopening which presents extra various for the virus, alongside with the variants of issue to spread.”

He added, “as continuously I own we dangle to proceed with caution.”

Ontario’s high doctor acknowledged the authorities will screech Friday which categories of its COVID-19 restrictions some areas will fall into when they birth to reopen next week.

The province began a slack reopening of its economic system Wednesday by lifting the discontinuance-at-residence portray in three areas with low COVID-19 transmission rates.

The leisure of the province, with the exception of for three sizzling spots in the Increased Toronto Put, are field to dangle the portray lifted next week when they transition abet to the coloration-coded restrictions machine.

Toronto, Peel Diagram and York Diagram are field to stay beneath the discontinuance-at-residence portray until no longer no longer as a lot as Feb. 22.