NRPH reports 13 new cases and 6 new deaths on Tuesday.
The increase in cases is the lowest since late November and follows a two-week trend of gradually dropping numbers in the Niagara region.
There are now 577 cases considered active in the region as a whole - 20 of them are in Thorold.
One new outbreak was added to the list after at least one case was discovered at Linhaven Nursing home in St Catharines (Secord/Adams Unit).
There are currently 33 cases treated in hospital, according to Niagara Health.
Public Health has administered a total of 6,684 doses of the vaccine.
Ontario update
Public Health Ontario has reported 1,022 new cases of COVID-19 today (Feb. 9).
Today's report includes 17 new deaths, seven were residents at long-term care homes.
The deaths reported today include one person between 20 and 39 years old, one person between 40 and 59 years old, four people between the ages of 60 and 79 years old, and 11 people over the age of 80.
The province has reported 62 new hospitalizations since yesterday, and 19 new admissions of COVID-19 patients to intensive care units.
The Feb. 9 update provided by the province's public health agency also reported the following data:
- 1,388 new recoveries
- 13,948 active cases, which is down from 14,331 yesterday
- 909 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario, up from 901 reported yesterday.
- There are 318 COVID patients in intensive care units (down from 335) and 223 COVID patients on ventilators (down from 226 yesterday).
- The province reported 30,798 tests were processed yesterday resulting in a 3.3 per cent positivity rate.
- Another 33,273 tests are still under investigation and/or being processed. To date, 10 million tests have been completed.
- Of the 1,265 new cases reported today, 343 are from Toronto, 250 cases are from Peel, 128 are from York Region, and 23 are from Simcoe-Muskoka
- There are 218 active outbreaks at long-term care homes, 117 at retirement homes and 66 at hospitals.
- Of the cases reported today there are 119 people under 19 years old, 382 people between 20 and 39 years old, 382 people between 40 and 59 years old, 301 people between 60 and 79 years old, and 38 people over the age of 80.
Variant of concern
- The province has reported 227 lab-confirmed cases of the UK variant strain of COVID-19 (B.1.1.7).
- The province has reported three cases of B.1.351 (also known as the South African variant).
- According to Public Health Ontario, there are delays between specimen collection and the testing required to confirm a variant of concern. As such, the reports can change and can differ from past case counts publicly reported.
Vaccine update for Feb. 9:
- There were 12,462 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 administered on Feb 8, up from 6,987 on Feb. 7.
- As of 8 p.m. on Feb. 8, the province reported 398,633 doses of vaccine against COVID-19 have been administered.
- In total, 115,529 people have been fully vaccinated, having received two doses of vaccine, which are to be given a few weeks apart.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 280,494 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 259,991 recoveries and 6,555 deaths, of which 3,747 were individuals living in long-term care homes.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 1,887 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.
The weekly incidence rate in Ontario is 68.4 cases per 100,000 people from Jan. 30 to Feb. 5, which is a decrease of 20.8 per cent compared to Jan. 24 to Jan. 30 when the average weekly incidence rate was 86.4 cases per 100,000 people.
