Ontario is reporting another 578 COVID-19 cases and two more deaths, according to its latest report released Saturday morning. The province’s new data reports 267 COVID-19 cases were confirmed in unvaccinated people, 54 were partially vaccinated, and 78 cases in fully vaccinated people. There are 136 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in the province, including 82 patients in intensive care testing positive for COVID-19. Ontario is reporting one less long-term-care home in outbreak, for a total of two or 0.3 per cent of LTC homes in the province. There are 1,493 cases in Ontario of the Beta variant first detected in South Africa, with no new cases reported than the previous day.

Source: thestar August 14, 2021 15:10 UTC