Ontario reports 88 new cases of COVID-19 in schools and 638 schools with confirmed cases

Ontario is reporting another 373 COVID-19 cases and two more deaths, according to its latest report released Monday morning.

Ontario has administered 12,399 vaccine doses since its last daily update, with 22,243,609 vaccines given in total as of 8 p.m. the previous night.

According to the Star's vaccine tracker, 11,404,859 people in Ontario have received at least one shot. That works out to approximately 87.5 per cent of the eligible population 12 years and older, and the equivalent of 76.7 per cent of the total population, including those not yet eligible for the vaccine.

The province says 10,838,750 people have completed their vaccinations, which means they've had both doses. That works out to approximately 83.2 per cent of the eligible population 12 years and older, and the equivalent of 72.9 per cent of the total population, including those not yet eligible for the vaccine.

The province now includes data that reflects hospitalizations and cases by vaccination status. Ontario warns that the new process may cause discrepancies between other hospitalization numbers being collected using a different process, and that the data may not match daily COVID-19 case counts.

The province reports 214 COVID-19 cases were confirmed in unvaccinated people, 17 were partially vaccinated, and 108 cases in fully vaccinated people. Again, the province warns the data may not match daily COVID case counts because records with a missing or invalid health card number can't be linked.

The province says that data on hospitalizations by vaccination status won't be updated on Sundays and Mondays due to incomplete weekend reporting.

The province is also including data on COVID-19 in schools as part of its daily reporting.

There are 638 schools with a reported case of COVID out of 4,844 schools in the province, or 13.17 per cent.

There are 88 new cases reported Monday for a total of 3,692 reported school-related COVID cases in Ontario.

The province says two schools have closed due to outbreaks or operational considerations. It does not include regional closures in a local public health unit area.

To find out if there are COVID cases at your child's school, use the Star's tracker tool to search.

The province says 20,432 tests were completed the previous day, and a 1.8 per cent positivity rate.

There are 145 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in the province, including 138 patients in intensive care testing positive for COVID-19. There are 97 people on ventilators.

Locally, Ontario reports 62 new cases in Toronto, 71 in Peel Region, 36 in Ottawa and 26 in Hamilton.

Meanwhile, the province is reporting that there are no new deaths in long-term-care so the number of residents who have died stays the same at 3,823, in the latest report released by the province.

Ontario is reporting no new long-term-care homes in outbreak so the total number in outbreak remains at nine or 1.4 per cent of LTC homes in the province.

This data is self-reported by the long-term-care homes to the Ministry of Long-Term Care. Daily case and death figures may not immediately match the numbers posted by the local public health units due to lags in reporting time.

There is one more confirmed case of the Alpha variant first detected in the United Kingdom, for a cumulative total of 146,495 cases.

There are no new cases in Ontario of the Beta variant first detected in South Africa, for a cumulative total of 1,503 cases.

There are no new cases of the Gamma variant first found in Brazil, for a cumulative total of 5,230 cases.

There are 81 more cases of the Delta variant first detected in India, for a cumulative total of 19,880 cases.

Urbi Khan is a Toronto-based staff reporter for the Star. Reach her via email: urbikhan@thestar.ca