Public Health Ontario reported 711 new COVID cases today.
The latest updates noted 575 recoveries and five new deaths.
The Nov. 18 updates provided by the province's public health agency and the ministry of health also reported the following data:
- 4,872 active cases, up from 4,741 reported yesterday.
- 278 people are hospitalized with COVID-19.
- There are 104 COVID-positive patients in the ICU plus another 25 patients no longer testing positive for COVID-19.
- There are 65 COVID-positive patients on ventilators and another 13 patients on ventilators no longer testing positive for COVID.
- 11,178,476 Ontarians (about 75 per cent of the total population) have been fully vaccinated. 88 per cent of eligible Ontarians have at least one dose of vaccine.
- Included in the new cases reported today are 322 unvaccinated, 28 partially vaccinated, and 314 fully vaccinated people. 47 cases were reported with vaccination status unknown.
- In the ICU, there are 60 unvaccinated, four partially vaccinated, and 17 fully vaccinated COVID patients.
- Hospitalized COVID patients (not in the ICU) include 90 unvaccinated, 14 partially vaccinated, and 72 fully vaccinated individuals.
- The seven-day average incidence rate by vaccination status is 8.9 cases per 100,000 unvaccinated people, 4.7 cases per 100,000 partially vaccinated people, and 2.2 cases per 100,000 fully vaccinated people.
- The province reported 34,347 tests were processed yesterday, resulting in a two per cent positivity rate.
- Of the new cases reported today, 74 are from Toronto, 40 are from Peel, 67 are from Simcoe-Muskoka, and 39 are from York Region.
- Today's new cases include 151 individuals under 12 years old, 49 youth between 12 and 19 years old, 202 people between 20 and 39 years old, 167 people between 40 and 59 years old, 104 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 37 people over 79 years old.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 609,429 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 594,602 recoveries and 9,955 deaths.
Since the start of the pandemic, 30,977 people have been hospitalized with COVID and 6,094 of them were in intensive care units.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 4,136.2 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.
Ontario's average weekly incidence rate last week was 27.1 cases per 100,000 people, which is up by 14.3 per cent compared to the week of Nov. 2.
For more on the province's breakdown of vaccination status, click here.
