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Ontario Confirms Over 11,000 New Cases of COVID-19 This Morning

Wednesday, 5 January 2022 10:25

According to data from the Province over 2,000 people are in the hospital with COVID-19, including 288 in the ICU.

Ontario is reporting 11,582 new cases of COVID-19 again this morning.

According to data from the Province over 2,000 people are in the hospital with the virus right now.

This includes 288 people in the ICU. Of the people in the ICU, 202 are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status and 86 are fully vaccinated. The 7 day average for people in the ICU with COVID-19 is 235.

In Ontario, 27,750,953 vaccine doses have been administered, with over 180,000 doses administered yesterday.

90.9% of Ontarians 12+ have one dose and 88.2% have two doses.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) January 5, 2022

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