Ontario's COVID-19 Positivity Rate Rises Again

Tuesday, 7 December 2021 10:33

By Noelle Sinclair

Niagara Public Health reporting 29 new cases in Niagara.

Provincial Health Officials reporting another 928 new cases of COVID-19 today.

Niagara Public Health confirming 29 new cases of the virus.

The positivity rate in the province is up again and now sits at 3.8 per cent.

424 cases were found in unvaccinated individuals, 401 in fully vaccinated and another 26 in partially vaccinated.

The vaccination status of the remaining 77 cases was not released.

Ontario's science advisory table is set to release new COVID-19 modelling later today.

Ontario's seven-day average of daily new cases is up to 940, a level not seen since early June.

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