Ontario Reports 348 New COVID-19 Cases

Tuesday, 17 August 2021 10:39

By Linda Morgan

A significant decline in new COVID-19 cases throughout the province.

Officials are confirming 348 new infections today, along with ten more deaths.

Due to a data clean-up, six of the ten deaths reported today happened two months ago.

The province says 203 of the cases reported today in unvaccinated people, and 49 are in partially vaccinated individuals.

There are 163 patients with the virus in hospital, and 98 ICU patients are testing positive for COVID-19.

In Ontario, over 20.2 million COVID-19 shots have been administered.

A complete breakdown of today's data can be found here.

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