Public Health Ontario is reporting 1,536 new COVID cases today.
The latest updates also include 800 recoveries and one death.
The Dec. 13 updates provided by the province's public health agency and the ministry of health also reported the following data:
- There are 11,538 active cases, up from 10,803 yesterday.
- 253 people are in hospital testing positive for COVID-19, but that number is incomplete as more than 10 per cent of Ontario hospitals do not report bed census data on weekends.
- Included in the new cases reported today are 601 unvaccinated people, 33 partially vaccinated people, and 809 fully vaccinated people. 93 cases were reported without vaccination status information.
- 161 people are in ICU due to COVID-19. Of those, 143 people are testing positive and 18 are testing negative. There are 90 people in an intensive care unit (ICU) due to COVID on a ventilator.
- Vaccination status for hospitalized COVID patients is not updated on Mondays. At last update (Saturday) there were 68 unvaccinated, three partially vaccinated, and 25 fully vaccinated cases in ICU, and another 166 unvaccinated, 14 partially vaccinated and 84 fully vaccinated cases hospitalized but not in the ICU.
- 11.3 million people in Ontario (77 per cent of the population) are fully vaccinated, and five per cent of the province has one dose of COVID vaccine.
- 1.1 million people have received a booster since August 2021.
- The seven-day average incidence rate by vaccination status is 17.7 cases per 100,000 unvaccinated people, 7.7 cases per 100,000 partially vaccinated people, and 5.9 cases per 100,000 fully vaccinated people.
- The province reported 38,331 tests were processed yesterday, resulting in a 5.5 per cent positivity rate.
- Today's new cases include 74 newborns to four year olds, 298 kids ages five to 11, 150 youth between 12 and 19 years old, 470 people between 20 and 39 years old, 361 people between 40 and 59 years old, 156 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 26 people over 80 years old.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 633,683 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 612,066 recoveries and 10,079 deaths.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 4,300.8 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.
Ontario's average seven-day incidence rate from Dec. 3 to Dec. 9 was 54 cases per 100,000 people, which is up by 22.7 per cent compared to the seven-day period starting of Nov. 27.
For more on the province's breakdown of vaccination status, click here.
Northern Ontario
In Northern Ontario, the breakdown of Public Health Ontario data is:
- Algoma Public Health: 1,469 cases, weekly rate of 141.7 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 1,473 cases. There are 268 known active cases. Of the eligible population five years and older, 85 per cent of people have at least one dose of the vaccine and 79 per cent have both doses.
- North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit: 974 cases, weekly rate of 28.6 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 964 cases. There are 41 known active cases. Of the eligible population five years and older, 83 per cent of people have at least one dose of the vaccine and 79 per cent have both doses.
- Porcupine Health Unit: 2,308 cases, weekly rate of 18.8 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 2,313 cases. There are 34 known active cases. Of the eligible population five years and older, 84 per cent of people have at least one dose of the vaccine and 78 per cent have both doses.
- Public Health Sudbury and Districts: 4,296 cases, weekly rate of 140.3 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 4,275 cases. There are 379 known active cases. Of the eligible population five years and older, 85 per cent of people have at least one dose of the vaccine and 80 per cent have both doses.
- Timiskaming Health Unit: 442 cases, weekly rate of 100.3 cases per 100,000 people. There are 42 known active cases. Of the eligible population five years and older, 82 per cent of people have at least one dose of the vaccine and 77 per cent have both doses.
- Northwestern Health Unit: 1,270 cases, weekly rate of 17.2 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 1,257 cases. There are 16 known active cases. Of the eligible population five years and older, 91 per cent of people have at least one dose of the vaccine and 84 per cent have both doses.
- Thunder Bay District Health Unit: 3,773 cases, weekly rate of 68.5 cases per 100,000 people. The health unit has reported 3,774 cases. There are 71 known active cases. Of the eligible population five years and older, 86 per cent of people have at least one dose of the vaccine and 80 per cent have both doses.
The data from Northern Ontario health units is based on what was available at 10:30 a.m. today.