Ontario reported two more COVID-19-related deaths on Sunday, as the number of intensive care patients remained virtually unchanged.
The province says the two deaths happened last month and one of those deaths was a resident of a long-term care home.
As of March 2020, the province says 13,225 people have died from the virus.
The Ministry of Health says there are 643 patients with the virus in hospitals across the province, down from 809 a week ago.
Of these patients, 145 are in intensive care, one more than yesterday and seven more than a week ago. On Saturday, the province observed its lowest ICU employment rate in six months.
40% of hospitalized patients were admitted for COVID-19 related reasons and 60% were admitted for other reasons and subsequently tested positive.
Meanwhile, 65% of ICU patients were admitted for the virus and 35% were admitted for other reasons and tested positive.
The ministry, however, noted that hospital and ICU data should be interpreted with caution on weekends due to delays in reporting.
Ontario labs processed just over 8,200 tests yesterday, producing a positivity rate of 8.6 per cent, down from nine per cent this time a week ago, according to the ministry.
The province has confirmed 878 more infections today, but health officials say the daily count of cases is an understatement due to limited access to PCR tests.
Of the latest cases, 582 received three doses of COVID-19 vaccine, 159 received two doses, 95 were partially or not vaccinated, and 42 had an unknown vaccination status.
Yesterday, the province administered 12,158 doses of vaccine to the arms of Ontarians.
To date, 90 per cent of Ontario residents aged five and over have received a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, 87 per cent have received two doses and 52 per cent have received three doses.
The numbers used in this story are in the COVID-19 Daily Epidemiological Summary of the Ontario Ministry of Health. The number of cases for any city or region may differ slightly from what the province reports, because local units report figures at different times.