Ontario reported another 13 deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday, as the number of patients in intensive care units fell below 200 for the first time since mid-April.
The health ministry said the latest deaths had occurred in the past month.
Three of these deaths were placed in long-term care homes.
As of March 2020, the province has reported 12,825 virus-related deaths.
There are currently 1,676 patients with the virus receiving care in Ontario hospitals, three fewer than yesterday and eight fewer than a week ago.
Health officials say 44% of patients were admitted to hospital for COVID-19-related reasons and 56% were admitted for other reasons but subsequently tested positive for the virus.
Of the patients in the hospital, 188 are in the intensive care unit, which is a remarkable drop from 209 on Friday and 212 a week ago.
Seventy percent of intensive care patients were admitted to the virus, and 30 percent tested positive after being admitted for other reasons.
The ministry says provincial laboratories have processed 16,841 tests in the last 24 hours, giving a positive test rate of 13.8%, down 17.3% seven days ago.
The province confirmed another 2,799 coronavirus cases today, but the daily number of cases is considered underestimated due to limitations in PCR testing.
Among recent cases, 1,763 of the individuals received three doses of COVID-19 vaccine, 548 received two doses, 310 were not fully vaccinated, and 178 had unknown vaccination status.
Yesterday, 30,913 doses of vaccine were administered in the province.
So far, 90 percent of residents five years and older have received one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 86 percent have received two doses, and 52 percent have received three doses.
The numbers used in this story are in the Ontario Department of Health’s daily epidemiological summary COVID-19. The number of cases for each city or region may differ slightly from that reported by the province, as local units report figures at different times.
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