Ontario reported an additional 914 cases of COVID-19 and the deaths of 19 people with the illness on Friday, as the province opened appointments for second doses of vaccines for more people ahead of schedule. Ontario expects to receive 4.7 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine through June, and recently 193,000 more doses of the Moderna vaccine landed in the province. Ontario's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table estimates that the delta variant now accounts for about 27 per cent of all new cases of COVID-19 in the province. Peel Public Health announced Friday it would offer shortened second-dose bookings starting Monday, June 7 at 8 a.m. Labs completed 32,258 tests and Public Health Ontario reported a provincewide positivity rate of 2.8 per cent, also down from last Friday's rate of 3.4 per cent.

Source: CBC News June 04, 2021 14:23 UTC